Super Blood Moon

Okay, I was P.O.ed when plans changed for Sunday night and we wouldn't be home in the End of the Rainbow Valley when the eclipse occurred.  You see unlike past years with unusual eclipses this time we had been blessed by a gorgeous weekend with very little cloud coverage and the moon would be visible. We were going to be "in" town with all its light pollution; street lights blaring, telephone wires, car headlights, etc... Yeah, we are spoiled living out in the country.

For all of time man has been fascinated with the moon and tonight proved no different but I have to admit it proved to be 'more' special to be with people in a neighborhood.

Folks actually came out of their homes to witness the Blood Moon. All up and down the city street pockets of people were oohing and awing the moon in all its glory.

The moon appeared some 14% larger than usual due to it being closer to earth and a total lunar eclipse occurring at that same time to produce the rare Super Blood Moon, a phenomena which has only occurred 5x since 1900. And red it was like the terra-cotta red of the southwestern dessert. If I have ever longed for a super power camera lens, last night would have been it. 

As Natureman promised when we returned home awaiting us was  a sky full of stars amidst the giant moon. Spectacular. A local owl's hooting as I write this entry along with the chirping of the last of the crickets. It dawns on me if I'm
still on this earth the next time a Super Blood Moon occurs, I will be older than my Father who is 90. Wow not older than the Moon but pretty dang close...