my wife (known to some of you as lucy) emailed this afternoon to remind me of a full lunar eclipse scheduled for tonight. i skipped out of a meeting i probably should have gone to, but it was worth what ever trouble i'll be in...
the site was spectacular - and for a guy who gets excited about rocks (see yesterday's post) - you can imagine what a thrill this was. i arrived home just as earth's shadow eclipsed the moon and for about an hour we sat out on the deck and watched the show unfold. and miracles of miracles (this is seattle, right?), who would have thought we'd have a crystal clear sky to watch an eclipse in the middle of february? ten minutes after i took the last picture, clouds had completely obscured the scene. the picture above was taken just before the moon peeked out from behind earth's shadow - a friend emailed a little while ago and said the two bright specs of light above and to the left of the moon are saturn and regulus; the picture below was taken earlier in the eclipse.
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