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Offline fohat.digs

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Lunar eclipse - Sunday May 15
« on: Sun, 15 May 2022, 08:04:18 »
Looks like there will be a spectacular lunar eclipse tonight. Unfortunately we will probably have clouds and storms in my area ....

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-lunar-eclipse-may16-2022/

« Last Edit: Mon, 16 May 2022, 14:11:24 by fohat.digs »
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
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Re: Lunar eclipse tonight
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 15 May 2022, 22:31:28 »
meh, I might look out the window if I remember

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Re: Lunar eclipse tonight
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 16 May 2022, 07:32:58 »
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll be watching tonight. Edit: Oops. I guess I’m a day late.
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Re: Lunar eclipse tonight
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 16 May 2022, 07:42:26 »
As usual, it was overcast here. It feels like whenever a great sky event is about to happen in my area, it clouds up.

I did see one of these great lunar events once, back in the mid-late-1980s.
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
- Franklin Roosevelt 1933

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Re: Lunar eclipse tonight
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 16 May 2022, 13:56:08 »
As usual, it was overcast here. It feels like whenever a great sky event is about to happen in my area, it clouds up.

I did see one of these great lunar events once, back in the mid-late-1980s.


Same. Raining, cloudy, overcast, and too many trees. It seemed bright beyond all those layers though.