Dec 21 - WINTER SOLSTICE and LUNAR ECLIPSE

We stayed up to 2am watching the Lunar Eclipse, that happened to fall on the Winter Solstice of this year.

It started with a very bright full moon, the highest in the sky we have ever seen. Then the earth's shadow started to cover.

BTW- We got a new camera. Love it! It's so powerful you can see the craters of the moon when the picture is blown up.

Luckily this was not a frosty night. Only in the 40's. Still Alyssa bundled up in her cocoon of blankets.

Almost fully covered by earth's shadow.

Here is the result of the eclipse: a reddish-brown moon!

The next time this will occur is Dec. 21, 2094. Probably not in our lifetime!