NNadir
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:03 PM
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So I'll be getting up at 3 a.m. this morning. What about you? This is the first soltice full |
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Edited on Mon Dec-20-10 09:05 PM by NNadir
moon is several centuries...and on top of that, a full eclipse of the full moon.
It is absolutely cloudless in New Jersey.
Perfect!!! Mysterious!! Rare and wonderful!
If you can't get up at three a.m. to look at this with your kids, there is no real point in being a parent, I think.
We're so excited.
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:07 PM
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1. Some of us need our sleep! |
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But I'm not a parent, so maybe you'll forgive me?
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:12 PM
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3. Well, I've been a chronic insomniac my whole life, so it won't feel all that unusal. |
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I'm having a hell of a week at work, busy, busy, busy in a good way - meetings all week right up until Christmas - but I won't miss this.
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:14 PM
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5. Wish I could see it... |
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but I need to try and get rid of this nasty cold.
Enjoy!
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:14 PM
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Alas, it is completely clouded over and will be for the foreseeable future...
Enjoy your viewing!
:hi:
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:17 PM
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My college-aged daughter and I planned it this morning. We are having a snowstorm right now, but we are hoping to still see it. I can't wait, I called up my dad, and brothers, to alert them to this event. I agree about the parenting part. Although, a few years ago I wouldn't be so eager to spend time with her. She has finally returned to being the loveable girl I once knew. Those teen years are a ***** we won't go there.
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:32 PM
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7. Totally the heck overcast here |
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Maybe it'll clear - considering how little sleep I've been getting, maybe I should just crash in my home office and see if the clouds part during the night...
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Mon Dec-20-10 09:43 PM
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8. After the snow goes away I might be able to see it. |
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Looks like there may be a break in the clouds in a few hours...
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:18 PM
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9. Its the solstice and the full moon and the eclipse, and I don't know |
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what else, but I will just sleep. I really don't think there will be anything earth shattering about it, and if there is, I will know it, even if I am asleep. dc
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:29 PM
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10. I am always awake at 03:00 AM |
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:32 PM
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No kids but this being a once-in-a-lifetime event, I wouldn't miss it.
Happy Solstice!
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:33 PM
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12. Much earlier here, but I'm definitely up for it. |
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:34 PM
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13. No kids here. But I'll be up. |
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As you say, a very, very rare event.
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Mon Dec-20-10 10:34 PM
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14. I could see the moon just a bit ago since the cloud cover rolled away |
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Edited on Mon Dec-20-10 10:36 PM by tigereye
but apparently it will be cloudy here during the eclipse. Since my son is on his winter break now, might be worth getting up to have a look to see if we can see anything...
If he had school tomorrow, I might not be so willing, even with my love of celestial events... :D last one was in, what, 1632? Something like that...
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Tue Dec-21-10 02:48 AM
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15. It's...um...just beautiful. There couldn't be a better night for it here. |
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Tue Dec-21-10 04:56 AM
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16. I woke up and saw a bit of it around 4:30 a.m. here.. |
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then went back out a few minutes later and a huge bank of clouds had covered it up -- I got lucky to see just a bit!
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Tue Dec-21-10 09:00 AM
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17. I was up. Totally clouded over. Went back to bed. |
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Tue Dec-21-10 09:13 AM
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18. Watched from 1:00 a.m. ----3:15 a.m., EST. Spectacularly clear skies here in PA. |
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Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 09:13 AM by WinkyDink
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:48 PM
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21. alas not in our part of PA- totally cloudy |
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Tue Dec-21-10 10:25 AM
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19. Got up at three, the sky here in FL was as clear as I have seen it. |
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Quite the spectacle. Glad I did it.
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Tue Dec-21-10 10:28 AM
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20. A lunar eclipse is always a full moon. |
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Not always total, but always full. The sun's right behind us.
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:49 PM
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22. so where are the pictures? |
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Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 01:50 PM by tigereye
Someone must have taken some? on edit, I searched on DU and found this thread... thanks! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x48965
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:51 PM
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Mortos and Bluzzbassman have threads in the lounge
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:49 PM
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23. I tried I really did. |
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I made it as far as turning on ABC at 3:03.
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