My First Lunar Eclipse

YAWN!

Good Morning!

Jedi II and I wiped the crust from our eyes this morning about 4:45 to check out the Lunar Eclipse. I wrapped him in a blanket off of my bed, slung him over my shoulders like a sack of potatoes and headed to the back of the house (so the streetlights wouldn't bother our eyes).

It was funny to me that everyone that I spoke to last night outside of our class seemed to have an incorrect idea of what was going to happen. Some people were calling this morning's event a solar eclipse, and some said that Mars was going to be brighter than the Moon and easier to see. Because so many people had incorrect information, I actually was nervous that what I taught you yesterday in class was wrong!

Thankfully, the article that Mr. C. copied for us and the demonstration that we did together in class with J., A. and C. acting out the role of Earth and the Moon turned out to be correct.

Jedi II sat outside on the deck in a damp plastic chair (since it rained last night) and compared the color of the moon to the brick-red color of Mars. I never thought of it that way, but it made sense.

I also tried to take a couple of digital pictures to post here (for those of you who are still tucked away in your beds) , but the images didn't come out. As of right now, I can't find any images yet online of this eclipse, but I'll keep looking and post some good ones that I'll find later this morning. Until then, here is a link to images of a lunar eclipse that occurred way back in 2004: http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/verdmaan/leclips2004b.html
See you in a few hours!