tonight another astronomical even that won’t happen again for a millennia will occur. oddly the chance to see this is not one that i relish because it presents m with a big dilemma. sure this kind of eclipse won’t happen again until the earth is ruled by robots and we all live forever, but will there really be anything to see? all there will really be is a reddish moon, like the harvest moon, which comes around about once a year. however, there is also the weight of knowing that this will be the last time someone in our generation gets to see this, however unspectacular it is. is just seeing it more important than what you are seeing? i’ll probably see the eclipse, ten o’clock isn’t past my bedtime, and if anyone ever mentions the eclipse of ‘08 i’ll be able to say that i was there.
the eclipse dilemma
February 20, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Tagged: dark moon, dark sky, lunar eclipse, moon
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Sarah // February 22, 2008 at 6:55 pm |
Did you see it? I did… I thought it was pretty cool, although not much to get all that excited about. The red became red and brown though, and if you looked with a telescope, it looked partly green… :O