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NASA would like us to know that there's going to be a lunar eclipse on Saturday, March 3.
This will be one of those eclipses where the Earth comes between the moon and the sun, so the moon won't be completely obscured. Instead it will turn a reddish color as it reflects the light from the sun's corona. It might not look as reddish to you as that photograph is -- I seem to recall that the last time we got to see this sort of eclipse, the moon was pale orange.
According to the NASA page, we here in North America will see the eclipse at moonrise. For those of us here in the Eastern Time Zone, that means the fullest extent of the eclipse will be visible around 6:20 p.m. (conditions permitting). The moon usually looks largest to us at moonrise, too, so it should be really something spectacular to see.
(via boingboing)
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