December Solstice

Today is the Solstice.   Notice I didn't say winter solstice since people in the southern hemisphere would disagree.

So what did we do?

After a visit to the Carbondale Dog Park I hung our new bird feeder and watched the fun.

Happy Winter Solstice

Enjoy this day.  Darkness will be decreasing now and we will have more sunlight.

See where it is dark and light right now and live.

wow, the Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice

Just got back inside after watching the moon disappear in the shadow of the Earth. Yep, a total lunar eclipse. We have some clouds out right now, and earlier there was a halo around the moon when I left Springfield Massachusetts about 9 pm.

We got up, I tried to video tape the beginning of the action and then retreated to the hot tub to enjoy the show. Fortunately the trees are without leaves so we had a great view of the event.

Well, now I am waterlogged and all "pruney".

This video is purely amateurish, but it is at least an attempt to record this event. Remember, I was half asleep.

Lunar Eclipse 21 Dec 2010

Lots of traffic on the web to get to NASA's website for the Lunar Eclipse tomorrow night. Should be a great show for us on the East Coast. See this website for a virtual showing just in case it is cloudy where you are:

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEdata/TLE2010Dec21/TLE2010Dec21.html

A double whammy for the winter solstice!