[Chaos-l] Difference In Lunar Eclipse?

[Ned Light]

My first reaction was that it seemed a little more red than the last few I
saw.  I got up at 3, took out the binocs and got a nice view just before
totality. I ran in to get the telescope and came out to full clouds and did
not see it again.

Ned

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>wrote:

> I was pondering this while walking the dog this morning ...
>
> Was there any difference between the way the moon looked this time and
> during the lunar eclipses of 2007 and 2008?  I saw Neil DeGrasse Tyson on a
> couple of news shows saying he was interested in comparing the color ... to
> see if dust in the upper atmosphere from the volcanos in Iceland and
> Indonesia made any difference.
>
> I'll have to dig up the old pictures from 2008 and see if I can see any
> difference.   It might have been more "coppery" (more orange) this time ...
>
> Robert
>
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