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Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight!

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jimmychung
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Starts at 8:45PM EST, it will be total from 10-10:52PM. This is the last one until 2010 so it may be worth your while to take a second and check it out. Can't wait, I love this shit.
Feb 20 2008 12:01PM
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Alexander_Keith
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Yeah man. I always followed this stuff really close when I was a kid. I sort of fell out of it but it's always so intersting. Celestial events such as these are so fascinating.
Feb 20 2008 12:12PM
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brenker
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i get to watch it from an observatory at umass...if its clear out.
Feb 20 2008 12:27PM
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InfernoHits
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this might sound dumb, but do I still get to see the lunar eclipse out in Utah or do I see a non-total eclipse

Feb 20 2008 1:59PM
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Barf.
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Where will it be visible from? Worldwide or just in select spots?
Feb 20 2008 2:01PM
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ax_murderer
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america and western europe
Feb 20 2008 3:21PM
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Caveman.
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so is that 6:45 MST?
Feb 20 2008 3:29PM
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Microcosm
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I can't wait. hopefully it's not cloudy and I can get some shots with my camera.
Feb 20 2008 3:33PM
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Shorton
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man, that 3 in the morning here in england, but im still waking up for it
Feb 20 2008 3:48PM
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jimmychung
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here's an article
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/20/lunar.eclipse.ap/index.html
Feb 20 2008 4:44PM
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Line0777
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WHO CARES!
Feb 20 2008 7:00PM
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eheath
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Bummer, ill be in class during it.
Feb 20 2008 7:01PM
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Skavengers303
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theres supposed to be a snow strom where i live so i wont see it. kind of sucks that i wont see it, but i gotta love the snow coming

Feb 20 2008 7:03PM
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BIG_SALTY
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this is going to be sick
Feb 20 2008 7:09PM
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Static
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Who?
Feb 20 2008 7:15PM
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leckett1
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I do actually. I'm planning on doing quite an elaborate photoshoot.
Feb 20 2008 8:07PM
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meggles
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Umm.. I do.
Feb 20 2008 8:11PM
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Mezmerize19
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I happen to
Feb 20 2008 8:25PM
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Microcosm
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same, but not really elaborate. wait, how elaborate are you talking?
Feb 20 2008 8:29PM
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skiP.E.I.
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damn i just missed it by 35 minutes. moon is bright and shiny over Corner Brook. It would be so sick to be skiing under a lunar eclipse though..take that, thread about skiing under the full moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 20 2008 8:30PM
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leckett1
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I wanna spend about 20 minutes trying to get nice photos of all angles and such. Shooting the moon straight on can be tricky
Feb 20 2008 8:35PM
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Caveman.
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its not supposed to start for another 10 minutes...
Feb 20 2008 8:35PM
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salamander
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cloud cover here. 2010 is only a couple years.
Feb 20 2008 8:38PM
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martin.
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im looking at it out my window, its just begining to start
Feb 20 2008 8:43PM
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Microcosm
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word, same here. Any tips? I've never even attempted to shoot the moon before. What lens are you using?
Feb 20 2008 8:45PM
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martin.
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no its not nevermind...
Feb 20 2008 8:46PM
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word-sauce
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this is sick you can see the earths shadow slowly cover the moon
Feb 20 2008 8:50PM
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kool.aid.man
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if you cant see it because of cloud coverage or something check out local tv station is doing a live video feed:


http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5836045&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1




im currently watching it with my telescope. starting to get there. cant wait until it turns red and shit!
Feb 20 2008 8:54PM
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TheButterHashira
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It's warm and clear at my house tonight. Looks awesome.
Feb 20 2008 9:09PM
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Microcosm
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I can see it, it's tricky to photograph. It looks really cool through binoculars too.

Feb 20 2008 9:10PM
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KRASHED
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taking pictures right now, ill throw them up soon, its about 1/4 covered
Feb 20 2008 9:13PM
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Microcosm
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cool. I'm still trying to figure out what settings I should be using. It's going well though.
Feb 20 2008 9:16PM
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fujarome
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solar eclipses arethe good shit, i saw a total one in France years ago, it was pretty damn cool

but lunar ones are good too.
Feb 20 2008 9:17PM
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Nicholas.
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half covered in vt, cool.
Feb 20 2008 9:21PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I wish my camera was in decent conditions. I tried to get some pics, but they're horrible.
Feb 20 2008 9:25PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
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half way there
Feb 20 2008 9:25PM
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VT_scratch
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yea more than that here now in VT. my damn video cam wont focus on the moon so i got terrible footage.
Feb 20 2008 9:27PM
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mellifluous
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Yep, watching it right now. It's about halfway around...
Feb 20 2008 9:29PM
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kool.aid.man
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yea i can get a video but the glare is too intense for my shitty camera haha.

i also tried to take a picture but its too darkk hahaaa
Feb 20 2008 9:29PM
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KRASHED
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uploading killed quality but here's my best (not total eclipse)

Click for larger image
Feb 20 2008 10:13PM
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Microcosm
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nice picture man. I'll upload mine when I get the chance, hopefully tonight. I shot in raw though so it might take awhile and because I still have some homework to do.
Feb 20 2008 10:54PM
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Eric_D
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too much cloud coverage where i am. dang.
Feb 20 2008 10:56PM
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IcePointa
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Watch out for US spy satellite debris.
Feb 20 2008 11:01PM
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Microcosm
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Oooooh true. I forgot all about that. Can you see any of it? I love sitting outside and watching the sky. I had my tripod setup over my crazy creek ground chair, if anyone knows what that is, and I was so comfortable. Only bad part was the tree directly in my way. And I fell on the way out while holding my camera, luckily nothing dropped haha.
Feb 20 2008 11:11PM
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Caveman.
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ah hell yeah, those are made in red lodge montana and one of the guys who own it run a small summer ski area on beartooth pass
Feb 21 2008 12:03AM
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scratchproteen
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i watched it for a little bit, it was way sick...then when it was about done i realized i should have filmed it and did a time lapse.
Feb 21 2008 1:05AM
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slaydave
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everything was so perfect there wasnt a fucking cloud in the sky...

it was pretty sick...

Feb 21 2008 1:38AM
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pdubs113
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Yeah that was sweet I got out of work just until to smoke a bowl and chill outside for like an hour.
Feb 21 2008 1:49AM
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IcePointa
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They shot it down right during the lunar eclipse. Quite a feat. That satellite was moving at 22,000 mph and orbited the earth every 90 minutes or so. Supposedly a head on collision with a heat seeking ballistic missile? I didn't know a satellite without power would give off a heat signiture. I had heard rumours that the satellite had a radioisotope-thermoelectric-generator (RTG) to keep some of the sensitive intelligence technologies warmed up. But RTGs contain plutonium or some other radioactive material, and blowing up radioactive shit in the upper atmosphere doesn't sound like a good idea, so I dunno. Apparently amateur astronomers are tracking the debris fields now. Lets see if it takes out some other satellites or not (probably won't, space orbits are pretty few and far between).

Feb 21 2008 4:00AM
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.scott.
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actually it's a wonderful way of disposing of it.  it will diffuse greatly and really not leave a trace of effect on the surface.  radioactivity is a run of the mill phenomenon that occurs around us all the time.  it's only dangerous when condensed in a certain area and detonating that material super high is a perfect way to let it disperse.
Feb 21 2008 4:24AM
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Alexander_Keith
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*Ding!
Feb 21 2008 5:44AM
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