DarklordSatin writes "According to this space.comarticle there will be a total lunar eclipse this Thursday night. The eclipse, which will begin around 10p EST, will be viewable by most of the Americas, Europe and Africa."
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Matrix or eclipse?
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Danny+Rathjens
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Frustratingly, our entire office is seeing the Matrix at 10pm EST
and the eclipse lasts 2 hours starting at 10pm EST also!
Re:Matrix or eclipse?
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Anonymous Coward
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Boy, are YOU going to be disappointed.....
Re:Matrix or eclipse?
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Anonymous Coward
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So what's the big deal? Just reprogram the matrix to have the eclipse occur later. Temporarily modify the gravitational constant of the universe, that should have the desired effect.
I live in upstate NY and I swear there's some bizarre meterological reason that requires it to be 100% overcast up here every time an interesting astronomical phenomenon occures.
I submitted the story this morning and was rejected. I think Starry Skies did just as good a job if not better of covering the eclipse than space.com. I did the html for Kathy, and find it interesting that while Kathy is disabled and we did the pages with a budget of zero - I think she did a mighty fine job. I would have liked to see what we could have done if we had the resources of space.com, who have paid writers and staff. Furthermore the guy running the NASA eclipse site and Mr Eclipse has asked Kathy for permission to use her Columbus article on those sites.
Here is what I submitted early this morning, I certainly thought it was worthy of the top page of slashdot... Take a look and let us know what you thing.
Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
The May 15/16 lunar eclipse starts at 9:05 p.m. EDT and will be visible
over North and South America as well as western Europe and Africa.
Eastern US and Canada will be able to see the entire eclipse. In the
western US and Canada, the partial phase of the eclipse begins before
the Moon rises and for the Pacific northwest, the Moon will rise while
in totality. For times in your area, folklore, an interesting story on
the Lunar Eclipse that Saved Christopher Columbus, and more see The StarrySkies Lunar Eclipse Pages.
Re:Matrix or eclipse?...BOTH
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pythorlh
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Do not try to eclipse to moon, that is impossible. Merely realise the truth, there is no Moon...
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What I'm seeing in Cocoa Beach Florida.
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DoraLives
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Really nice looking. Heavy cloud cover this afternoon just seemed to melt away at exactly the right time. Totality is showing a completely whack looking moon, fairly bright along the northern edge and nearly invisible along the southern edge. Delta Scorpii continues bizarrely bright and the whole head of the scorpion looks even more "wrong" than ever with that muddy red, off-center moon lined up between it and Libra. Out over the gloom of the Atlantic Ocean, a distant thunderstorm is flickering and flashing with an occasionally brilliant lightning display. Balmy breezes from the south merely coming in as icing on the cake. Helluva good show!
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Re:What I'm seeing in Cocoa Beach Florida.
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qed123
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That sounds really pretty. Here in Lawrence, KS we had a pretty solid cloud blanket, and I only got one or two 20 second peaks...it was tough to find at all while it was completely dark, we only caught it as it was coming out of the shadow. Still fun:)
I just got back from watching the eclipse in my local park. It was pretty cool to look at, but it went on for a long time and things moved very slooowly. Still, I think that it's valuable for everyone to watch at least one lunar eclipse in their life.
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Lunar Eclipse Video
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Anonymous Coward
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If you missed it or couldn't stand staring at the moon for an hour to see the full effect, I've just relased a time-lapse video clip into the wild on Gnutella (using a p2p network for legal uses, incredible!). Search for LunarEclipse-5-2003.avi, it's DivX, 2,336KB.
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...
that's an eclipse.
I've got nothing.
Frustratingly, our entire office is seeing the Matrix at 10pm EST and the eclipse lasts 2 hours starting at 10pm EST also!
I'm mainly interested in the attribution. As if it were necessary for a website to verify that an eclipse is going to happen.
"According to this space.com article..."
I mean, forgive me but.... isn't that a little like saying "according to ZDNet UK, it is now the month of May."
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Get your local times here: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/LunarEclipse.htm l
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During the lunar eclipse, do not look directly at the Sun!
I live in upstate NY and I swear there's some bizarre meterological reason that requires it to be 100% overcast up here every time an interesting astronomical phenomenon occures.
I submitted the story this morning and was rejected. I think Starry Skies did just as good a job if not better of covering the eclipse than space.com. I did the html for Kathy, and find it interesting that while Kathy is disabled and we did the pages with a budget of zero - I think she did a mighty fine job. I would have liked to see what we could have done if we had the resources of space.com, who have paid writers and staff. Furthermore the guy running the NASA eclipse site and Mr Eclipse has asked Kathy for permission to use her Columbus article on those sites.
Here is what I submitted early this morning, I certainly thought it was worthy of the top page of slashdot... Take a look and let us know what you thing.
Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
The May 15/16 lunar eclipse starts at 9:05 p.m. EDT and will be visible over North and South America as well as western Europe and Africa. Eastern US and Canada will be able to see the entire eclipse. In the western US and Canada, the partial phase of the eclipse begins before the Moon rises and for the Pacific northwest, the Moon will rise while in totality. For times in your area, folklore, an interesting story on the Lunar Eclipse that Saved Christopher Columbus, and more see The StarrySkies Lunar Eclipse Pages.
Do not try to eclipse to moon, that is impossible. Merely realise the truth, there is no Moon...
Do not confuse duty with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different.Duty is a debt you owe to yourself.
Really nice looking. Heavy cloud cover this afternoon just seemed to melt away at exactly the right time. Totality is showing a completely whack looking moon, fairly bright along the northern edge and nearly invisible along the southern edge. Delta Scorpii continues bizarrely bright and the whole head of the scorpion looks even more "wrong" than ever with that muddy red, off-center moon lined up between it and Libra. Out over the gloom of the Atlantic Ocean, a distant thunderstorm is flickering and flashing with an occasionally brilliant lightning display. Balmy breezes from the south merely coming in as icing on the cake. Helluva good show!
Is it fascism yet?
Joke of the night: I remember back before the dot-com era when they were just plain old Clipses.
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If you missed it or couldn't stand staring at the moon for an hour to see the full effect, I've just relased a time-lapse video clip into the wild on Gnutella (using a p2p network for legal uses, incredible!). Search for LunarEclipse-5-2003.avi, it's DivX, 2,336KB.
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