The Lunar Eclipse on August 28, 2007

The total lunar eclipse on August 28, 2007 began at 4:51am (EST). I woke up at 4:30am to get ready for the big event. The sky was a clear bright night. The perfect night to watch the moon. This was going to be a Total eclipse ( where the moon is totally shadowed ) the earth was moving between the sun and the moon, this is what makes the moon shadowed. My first picture was at 4:58, the 2nd at 5:09, 3rd at 5:17, 4th at 5:27, 5th at 5:38, 6th at 5:45. The moon was totally eclipsed within an hours time. IT was TOTALLY a sight to wake for !!! When you watched the moon with your naked eye, it looked a little different than in the pictures. As the moon was shadowed, ( from top to bottom ) the top part got darker but you could still see the outline of the moon that was covered. It turned a slight reddish tint. The eclipse this time was to be shadowed an orange-red-brownish color due to no or little volcanic activity ( low dust particles ) on earth. The next total lunar eclipse will be Feb 21, 2008 so don't miss it because the following one after this one will be on Dec 21, 2010. It is worth getting up for or staying up for !!!!
When the moon was half shadowed I woke Eric and Crystal up to look out the window. They thought it was neat than they went back to sleep. I woke them back up when it was totally shadowed but only Eric got up to see it. Crystal was to sleepy to see.
The east was only going to be able to see the moon become totally eclipsed than the sun would come up. If you lived in the far west, you were blessed to watch the whole eclipse from start to finish. I wish I could have seen it all but at least I got to view what I did. I THANK God for that.
I thought some might want to view some of the pictures I took with our digital camera. ENJOY !!!!