large lunar eclipse coming bright and early Saturday

[webby]

large lunar eclipse coming bright and early Saturday

If the cloud cover allows, a total eclipse of the moon will be visible Saturday morning, as the Earth lines up directly between the moon and the sun.
The action starts shortly before 5 a.m. Seattle time, when "the Earth's shadow will start to take a bite out of the full moon," said NASA astronomer Tony Phillips.
By just after 6 a.m., the Earth's shadow will completely cover the moon, just as the moon is setting in the west.
It won't blot out the moon entirely. Instead, the moon will take on a reddish or copper color, caused by the sun's rays being bent and deflected by dust particles in the Earth's atmosphere.
Lunar eclipses visible in the U.S. happen every couple of years, said Phillips. The last one was in December 2010 and the next will be in April 2014.

 

[iluvmycsx]

usually up early on saturday mornings might just have to check it out comes out around 6:45 am here

 

[webby]

Snap pics if it's clear there ... Be cool to see

 

[07TLX]

I will keep my eye open up here since I am on night shift and prob driving home at 4am

 

[Michael Hogains]

sounds fun. well try to see if my body clock will allow me to wake up that early to enjoy it

 

[iluvmycsx]

For eclipse-watchers in the Western US who have low horizons to the west, or a strategically located mountain pass, the main show starts about 4:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, according to data posted by NASA. The moon will be moving into partial eclipse
The eclipse will reach totality at 6:32 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. That means the best places to watch the eclipse from start to finish stretch from Hawaii west into Asia.

 

[webby]

not mine...

 

[07TLX]

I didn't get any pics, there was too much cloud cover

 

[Michael Hogains]

didnt make it woke up at 9

 

[webby]

 

[07TLX]

Awesome pic