Boosted Falcon

Happening tonight...

"I suppose everyone knows what a blue moon is - when there are two fulls
moons in a calendar month, the second one is termed a 'blue moon'.

Much rarer is a blood moon which many people alive today have never
seen.
That is until Tuesday 28 August 2007.
The eastern states are in a box seat so to speak to see a rare full
blood moon on 28 August where the moon will appear a vibrant red as
Earth's shadow passes over it.

Nick Lomb, curator of astronomy at Sydney Observatory, said lunar
eclipses occured about twice a year, but the chance to see one in its
entirety from the eastern states was really quite rare.

The moon will rise in the east at about 5:22 pm and at 6:51 the eclipse
will begin with the Earth's shadow starting to block light travelling
from the sun to the moon's surface. The moon, which will have red
wavelengths from Earth's atmosphere scattered across its surface, will
be fully eclipsed from 7:52 pm until 9:23 pm."

So look up at about 8:00 tonight for trippy looking moon.

9pm is the darkest period where you may see meteors hit the moon.

Thanks for reminding me about this Bipolar Bear

Sweet man, will check it out!

yeah ill have to have a look at 8

yeah ill have to have a look at 8

yeah ill have to have a look at 8

gah! mofo clouds are in the way!

What time should we have a look?

Cheers for the heads up brother.

gah! mofo clouds are in the way!

gah! mofo clouds are in the way!

We saw it through the clouds, but its was too over cast to get a real good look..

I was in geelong. Was really cloudy then they quickly blew away and we had a perfectly clear sky. Got out the telescope and looked at it but it was honestly alot better with the naked eye.

I was curious about the view through a scope. Was the colour less intense or something?

I was at OED666's place and saw the whole thing. It was like looking at an alien planet. It seemed to go mega bright afterwards.

Some photos I took, for those who missed the fully sik show bro!

Sweet, they're some good shots. My camera doesn't look anything like that.

Those shots are awsome, i didn't get to see it properly because the coulds ruined it!

Those pics look great....I was going outside all night checking it but it didnt look anywhere near as good as that from where i was.