The Lunar eclipse (does lunar get capitalized?) was quite good here in Connecticut, and it was particularly interesting because it seemed to be produced just for us! During all but the very first peek, you could see the whole show from our back doorway. The sky was crystal clear, the moon was crisp, and the advance of the moon made an arc that was in all key locations visible, or visible through the spindles of the leafless maple tree branches. You could check out there from time to time and see how far it had progressed from about 6pm to 10pm. As the shadow first kissed the moon, it was dark black, then you realized you could actually see the moon even in the shadow area, a dark grey, but as soon as the umbra (see I did pay attention in science class) took over, the moon was a dim orange color in the shadow, kind of spooky, then it emerged bright on the other end. The dim orange glow is due to alien campfires that we can't see when the direct sunlight is on them.

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