Total Lunar Eclipse Saturday March 3rd 2007

The weather in Kildare played ball until midnight. It started off with the 'monster took a bite out of the Moon' effect that kids love. At 23:20 (mid-eclipse) I made it an L1 on the Danjon scale (with the naked eye). At midnight a mixture of broken cloud and haze began to interfere with the show.

Hey, not all kids like just the bitten out bit... I enjoyed the whole thing!!! Especially the cold

its been greatup here in donegal clear upto 12.30am the high level cloud has just cleard for the endof the umbra

I'm seeing high level clouds, but its nearly over fo me anyhow.

This is a raw LPI image I took when the guys shouted "the top is blue"

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I also thought it looked a little blue, I was talking to Conn Buckley over the phone and he also said it. I think this was the edge of the moon nearest the edge of the umbra. I also got the effect in a number of images.