At the end of January there was the super blue blood moon. I had originally wanted to drive somewhere where I would have a nice good view of the moon and even try and take pictures of it. However, Tom and I both agreed it would be best for me to just try and watch it from home. Fortunately, I was still able to see everything from our backyard. I was glad that the moon was still visible above our neighbor's house in the morning just as Ann and Ian were getting up for the day. I took them both outside and showed them the faint, red moon in the sky (I had to hold them both up so they would be able to see it). I did take pictures too, though they are definitely not professional quality by any means.
I woke up around 4:45 am just as the eclipse was starting
I set a little lawn chair up on the patio and watched the moon for a while
It was chilly so I decided to go back inside for a little bit until the eclipse was closer to being complete.
It was really funny because when I first went back inside, the moon was still shining quite brightly in the living room (I mean, it was a full super moon). After a while, I noticed it wasn't as bright in the room anymore. My first initial thought was that the moon had already set too low for me to see any more (which was a worry that I'd had). It wasn't until I looked out the window, saw the moon looking closer like this, and went "duh, it's an eclipse, of course it's getting darker."
Almost completely eclipsed
It's hard to see, but that is a red, fully eclipsed moon
This is what it looked like at about 6:45 when I took the kids outside (I actually woke them up a little early so they'd still be able to see it). The picture makes it look darker than it was outside.
It was really cool to get to share a little bit of this fun celestial event with the kids, especially Ann since she is old enough to comprehend well enough what was going on.
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