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Old 02-21-2008
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What a wonderful sight! I got to watch the vast majority of the whole eclipse with only 10-15 minutes of cloud cover during the partial. In totality the Moon was a gorgeous deep orange. I also thought I detected a bit of the turquoise color around the edges using my binoculars. The turquoise is supposed to be from the fact that our ozone layer absorbs red while letting the blue rays through. Did anyone else notice the turquoise? Or was I imagining it?

Very cool, in any case! Actually it was Cold (for me anyway) at 10 degrees F - with my heart condition, the cold air does a number on my lungs so I was constantly going out for a few minutes, going back in to warm up, and then out again.
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