I was surprised the other night that the whole neighborhood wasn't out looking at the lunar eclipse. I know they're not that uncommon, but it's pretty rare that we get such a perfectly clear night. I was pretty much the only person I saw outside, although I got the kids out for a while. The weather couldn't have been better for sky watching. Reminded me of the perfect day we had for the solar eclipse in 1999.
I've read in many places that the moon turned a reddish color. I didn't see that. I wonder if that's thanks to the 500m lumens of street lighting that all neighborhoods in this area seem to have. There was a great picture of the moon in yesterday's Belfast Telegraph.
