Who else is watching the eclipse?

[SheilaT]

I'm in Santa Fe, NM, lovely clear skies. Pretty near total at this point. But it's not particularly red, and I wonder if that's an artifact of my altitude.

[Skittles]

1. it's pretty cool

not red, but cool alright

[malaise]

36. Very very cool n/t

[GReedDiamond]

2. Pasadena CA...I'm watchin...nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Watching in Minneapolis.

Some clouds here and there, but the moon is clearly visible. Not very red here, either (elevation about 800') so it isn't the altitude.

[1000words]

4. It will turn red when fully obscured

I believe briefly there will be a thin red ring around the entire edge of the moon, first.

[madokie]

5. 35 miles east of tulsa ok

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just a sliver of moon showing. I can see why they call it red but its not really red as we know red

ETA: 2:32, its definitely red but not quiet all the way obscured yet

[hfojvt]

6. good weather north of KC

[SheilaT]

7. Sounds like we've got clear skies across much of the country.

I went into my back yard right after the OP, and my neighbor Mike was outside and I went over and shared my binoculars with him for a bit. Also, I can hear neighbors across the street outside watching. How totally cool!

[SheilaT]

8. Link to Mt Lemmon (AZ) sky Center

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/eclipse/

They're showing a red moon.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. OK, now it's kinda red. Pretty cool.

Could see the whole thing standing on my front porch, but it's darned cold out there. Nice shot from NASA: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

[oldandhappy]

10. Watching in northern San Diego county, CA

Sort of rusty rosy. A big wow. So glad I stayed up.

[fizzgig]

11. i'm periodically stepping out to look

it's a red sliver right now. it's a nice, clear night here in northern colorado.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. I am, pic within...

[yuiyoshida]

13. Sorry...

Right now I am trying to stay warm and heading for the bed and blankets soon...Sleep is gonna feel really nice!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

14. Here's my latest pic of totality...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. You know what's cool?

The orange/red light during the eclipse is the light from every sunrise and sunset on the earth at the same time.

Looking up from the surface of the moon the earth is an orange/red circle.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I will share the only descent photo of my attempt at astronomy

(first ever) The rest are worthless, but this was at the beginning...



And a fast crop

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=536160116502283&set=p.536160116502283&type=1&theater

Tomorrow I might play with the exposure.

Though I must say, I will have to spend some time getting settings back to normal... and the haze did not help, but I now promise to finally read the damn manual... next time I should have long exposure down... a new frontier.

[Skittles]

19. any ascent photos?

[xocet]

37. Cruel.... n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

16. North of Tulsa and very clear skies.

It is starting to turn red. I wish it were bigger, but it is still beautiful.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. How many are having colonoscopies during a "blood moon"?

[Cha]

18. Late to the Party.. I was out watching my first Lunar Eclipse..

Saw the red in the Moon out over the Ocean on Kaua'i from my balcony.

Kinda like I saw only not as close..



http://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/please-note-blood-red-eclipse-of-the-moon-starts-monday-april-14/

[SunSeeker]

22. Sounds beautiful. But so is everything in Kauai!

I couldn't see a thing through the marine layer clouds down here by the beach in Seal Beach, CA.

[Cha]

27. I was so excited to see my first one ever and right outside my door..

it was breathtakingly beautiful, SunSeeker~

Sorry you couldn't see at Seal Beach!

[hwmnbn]

20. Crap!! It's snowing in Chicago nt.

[Cha]

28. Crap is right! Sorry, hwmnbn~

[judesedit]

23. I'm in Hypoluxo, 10m s of West Palm Beach, FL. Clear skies, beautiful eclipse. Pretty red here.

Enjoy.

[silverweb]

24. Went out twice.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Walked to the end of the block to find an area clear enough of trees to see it, then stayed until I got cold both times, just before and just after the total eclipse.

The moon looks quite far away and small, not nearly as close or large as it is other times, but still quite a sight. More of a rusty color than red, but good enough.

[Cha]

30. It was coldish out here on Kaua'i, silverweb.. saw my first Eclipse of the Moon Ever..

right outside my door.. and I saw the Blood Red!

[silverweb]

33. Cool!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Was just talking to someone local who is bracing herself for all the apocalyptic talk at work tomorrow from some very Christian-fundie coworkers.

So glad I don't have to deal with that! It was a pretty awesome natural sight without associated religious doomsday prognostications.

Because science:

[Ino]

25. Starting to un-eclipse now in St. Louis

Twas cloudy all day, but cleared up nicely for the spectacle! Got a nice rosy moon with a bright Mars. Also picked out Saturn and Jupiter.

[Trailrider1951]

26. I'm north of Austin, TX

Excellent clear skies and a beautiful eclipse! BTW, the star just to the bottom right is Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Farther to the right, the bright reddish "star" is the planet Mars.

[TreasonousBastard]

29. It's raining.

[LuvNewcastle]

31. I wish I could see it, but it's pouring rain here.

It seems like it's raining every time we have an interesting astronomical event.

[William Seger]

32. Yup

[xocet]

38. Nice photo.

I'm surprised that ISO-3200 did not make it look really noisy.

[jtuck004]

34. Was going to, but went out and looked around midnight, couldn't see the moon, so I went back in. n/t

[Ex Lurker]

35. I went outside and looked up at the overcast nt

[TorchTheWitch]

39. the one night of the week it's cloudy and rainy

had to be tonight.

[barbtries]

40. i tried in NC

too cloudy to see the moon. probably too much artificial light as well. but my grandson and i did try walking down to the lake at 3 am.

[sailfla]

41. Beautiful from Florida

[Squinch]

42. Crap. Raining here. I really wanted to see it.