OT Blood Moon Eclipse

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    Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse: How to watch early Wednesday morning

    Everyone in the U.S. has a front-row seat to the supermoon lunar eclipse showcasing early Wednesday morning (May 26). So, weather permitting, here's how anyone along the eclipse's path can catch the bright full moon dim into a rusty red during its three phases: penumbral, partial and total lunar eclipse.


    First off, no matter your location, it's important to be chill. At about five hours, the entire eclipse is longer than a feature-length film. But unlike an action flick that jumps straight into a fight scene, May's full moon will darken slowly. So grab a blanket and popcorn and find a comfortable spot where your eyes can adjust to the dark night sky.

    according to NASA. During a lunar eclipse, the sun, Earth and moon (in that order) must perfectly align, so that Earth's shadow eclipses, or falls on, the moon. The best places to see the entire eclipse are Australia, parts of the western United States (especially Hawaii and Alaska), western South America and Southeast Asia, according to timeanddate.com.

    Like any other full moon, skywatchers will be able to watch May's Flower Moon — named for the wildflowers blooming in the Northern Hemisphere — rise in the sky around dusk. After moonrise, the feature show — the lunar eclipse — starts several hours later at 4:47 a.m. EDT on May 26 (08:47 UTC). During this initial phase, called the penumbral eclipse, the moon will move into Earth's light shadow, known as the penumbra.

    Darkening from Earth's light shadow during penumbral eclipses is typically hard to see with the naked eye, NASA reported. "From within this zone, Earth blocks part but not the entire disk of the sun," according to NASA. "Thus, some fraction of the sun's direct rays continues to reach the most deeply eclipsed parts of the moon during a penumbral eclipse."
     
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    Watched eclipse early and went out an hour later to see moon emerge.
     
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    Very cool.
     
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    These things are lame. Always get this "this will only happen once in the next 400 years!" events, WHATEVZZZZZZZZ
     
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    Amazing how the flames from all the burning bodies and buildings in PDX was so strong, that it turned the moon red!!! Wow!
     
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    You couldn't see the sky anyway in LA....where the moon is always orange or some polluted color.
     
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    I'm surprised there's even a building left standing after over a year of total destruction! Apparently liberals suck at demolition!
     
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    Cotton Candy skies bro.
     
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    I've never seen orange cotton candy before
     
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    That Trump wig should be sucking on a Diet Coke.....holy shit it's actually sucking on a Mad Russian!
     
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