Sunday, March 4, 2007

A rare lunar eclipse!

How COOL!

A total lunar eclipse occurs when a full moon passes entirely through the Earth's dark inner shadow, or umbra. A partial eclipse is when part of the moon is in the Earth's outer shadow, or penumbra, which is not as dark.

The eclipse is to begin at 5:44 p.m. eastern time (10:44 p.m. Greenwich mean time) and end a little over an hour later.

I wonder if I will get to witness this rare phenomenom on this little garden island. Hmmm, fly me to the moon...


Source: National Geographic News

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