Total Lunar Eclipse 4/15 at 3:06am EDT

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27 points·elijahparker··12 comments

Look's like Seattle's a wash. I was looking forward to taking some photos of it tonight. Oh well, at least the mountain made an appearance earlier today: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/13864582454/

Has there ever been a photo taken of the Earth during a lunar eclipse? I checked the LRO website, but apparently they have to power down the instruments due to lack of sunlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f5MUyF_Q78

This is a picture taken by Apollo 12 when the Earth came between it and the sun: http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?phot...

I found the picture on this page: http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/2...

edit: And as a bonus, here's a painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eclipse_from_moon.jpg

Live video stream here: http://www.space.com/19195-night-sky-planets-asteroids-webca...

In your local time: http://localtime.io/#?d=4%2F15%20at%203:06am%20EDT

Slooh has pretty good coverage if you're in a cloudy area: http://live.slooh.com/

I recorded this: http://youtu.be/zjOYqiVw7nY

Enjoy!

Dat fattest man suggest video... shudder

It was the first time I observed and recorded a lunar eclipse (been living under a rock). I shared because I thought some people might enjoy watching it especially if they didn't or couldn't see it from where they live. I grew up in a place that was cloudy half of the time. My video is not professional and great looking like NASA's but it's how you would see it from my backyard.

Chicago is crystal clear. What a sight!

Freezing my ass off, though. None of my windows have a view.

Clear skies for a week... had to be tonight that the storm clouds roll through.

It starts at 10:58 Pacific time. Get out there and check it out!!!

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