The second blood moon of the year and the last for us until 2025 is set to be the highlight in the sky early in the morning on Tuesday, November 8th. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon all align in a way that the moon is in the Earth’s shadow. Tonight’s […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Just in case you missed it, our west-facing weather webcam happened to catch the “super blood blue moon.” Certainly it isn’t as good as witnessing it in person but it does provide a cool look. You can see the shadow of the Earth clearly obscuring the moon as the event progresses. View full screen for […]
Click here for the rest of the story.A cosmic event not seen in 36 years — a rare “super blood blue moon” — may be glimpsed January 31 in parts of western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia. The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events — an extra big super moon, a blue […]
Click here for the rest of the story.A total lunar eclipse coupled with a ‘supermoon’ will bring a very unusual scene to the sky on Sunday. Taken separately, the two events are not quite as extraordinary or rare. However, this will be the first time in 33 years they have occurred at the same time and the last for another 18 years. […]
Click here for the rest of the story.For the second time of the year, sky gazers will have the opportunity to witness a total lunar eclipse. This is in fact the second in a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, an event called the lunar tetrad. Colorado and the rest of the western United States will have a front row seat […]
Click here for the rest of the story.For those willing to forgo a bit of sleep tonight, a gaze skyward will provide a look at the first lunar eclipse of 2014. The entire celestial event will be visible from Colorado beginning at 11:58 pm tonight as the partial eclipse begins. Totality occurs at 1:07 am MDT on the morning of April 15 […]
Click here for the rest of the story.It was a very cold morning in Thornton as the temperature dropped to 15° but the fog that was forecast never materialized and we had a great view of the lunar eclipse. Just before dawn the Earth’s shadow began to encroach on the moon and just as the eclipse was peaking, the moon set behind […]
Click here for the rest of the story.If you can get yourself out of bed early in the morning on Saturday, December 10, 2011 you will be treated to the last total lunar eclipse for nearly three years. For viewers in Thornton and along the Colorado Front Range, the event will be relatively quick but punctuated by a setting moon with the […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Late yesterday afternoon the weather didn’t look like it would cooperate and allow viewing of the rare winter solstice lunar eclipse but in the end Mother Nature was generous. Some thin, high clouds cast a bit of a ‘fog’ over the start of the event but those cleared and the view was extraordinary. According to […]
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