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LUNAR ECLIPSE--FULL COVERAGE: On Tuesday, Aug. 28th, the full Moon will enter Earth's shadow for a 90-minute total eclipse. People on the Pacific side of Earth will have the best view as the Moon turns a dreamy shade of sunset red. Favored areas include the Americas (especially western North America), Hawaii, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, east Asia and Antarctica. The show begins Tuesday morning around 2 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (0900 UT).

Although the dominant color of a lunar eclipse is red, sometimes another hue appears--turquoise. Earth's shadow has a turquoise-colored fringe caused by our planet's ozone layer, and this can be seen for a few beautiful moments at the onset of totality. Today's edition of spaceweather.com shows you what the turquoise fringe looks like and explains how to catch it.

Also, amateur astronomers are encouraged to assist NASA during the eclipse by scanning the darkened Moon for explosions caused by Helion meteoroid impacts. Typical flashes reach 6th magnitude--easy targets for mid-sized backyard telescopes equipped with digital video cameras. The eclipse is a great time to look for these "lunar meteors." Observing tips and more information are available at http://spaceweather.com


hm, i might try to stay up to watch that. maybe even get my telescope out of the closet. :)

in other news, kiltsandlollies's Offering, and its half-finished sequel, Schism: omg. Billy/Dom with Dom/Elijah, Dom/Sean Astin, and implied Sean/Elijah. the pairings kinda made me pause, but not for long and i was so glad i got over that initial reaction. probably not a good idea for more sensitive readers, though. lol i can't believe i hadn't read this before now!

and also, if you haven't read her Officer and Gentleman, you really really really should. the heavy angst, violence, and character death might scare some people off, though...

first chemistry test is today and i'm sensing a repeat of biology: reading the chapter (for the first time) about an hour before the test. oh what a fun year this is gonna be. i am really looking forward to starting italian in september, though.

Comments

[silentdescant.livejournal.com]

cool! I love looking at the moon. it's so beautiful. :)

Offering is very GUHHHH. and yeah, OaG is so amazing. I just reread it yesterday. I'm so in love with OaG!Dominic. well, I'm in love with pretty much every Dom I've ever read, but OaG especially, because he's so fragile, and yet completely not, y'know? *sigh*

[silentdescant.livejournal.com]

hee, I LOVE Moonstruck! Sometimes I randomly start singing "That's Amore". LOL And now I wanna watch that movie again.

It's so gripping to watch him being tossed back and forth between these two dangerous men.

EXACTLY. Oh, OaG!Dom, I love you so much.

[peachy-penumbra.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it'll be visible here! If I was pretty sure of it I might get up early... I have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow anyway so four isn't *that* much earlier. But it's also a very busy day, and my first day of school. Hmm.

[jillo-loves-dom.livejournal.com]

I will have to check out that fic! Yeah! Hugs! =)

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~*Jillo*~