Lunar Eclipse Last Night
I almost missed it until my mother pointed it out last night. It's been years
since I've seen an eclipse and it was pretty cool now that I'm older and have a
better appreciation of what is really going on. Supposedly it was much better
to view in the southern hemisphere but here in the northern half of the planet
it started out by turning a bazaar light almost blood red color with a strange
opaque shadow over about three quarters of it. Later on it was a normal while
colored mood with a dark shadow making it look like it was either waxing or
waning but the angle of the shadow seemed off from a normal waxing or waning
moon. Since it would normally have been a full moon last night all this was a
bit more dramatic I think.
It's easy to see how ancient cultures would take take events like these as
mystical in nature. Unless you know the scientific explanation watching the
moon turn blood red for no reason can be rather traumatic.