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Old May 15, 2003 | 05:36 AM
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Default Total eclipse of the moon tonight

Moon rises at 7;40 in partial eclipse Pacific time, total at 8:10. (3 hrs later on east coast, 8 hrs later in UK.) Should be blood red and spectacular. if you have binocs or small scope, use. em.

I'm off to excavate in Canoga Park.
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Old May 15, 2003 | 05:56 AM
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Forecast: Mostly cloudy

I ing hate this place.
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Old May 15, 2003 | 07:34 AM
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Raptor Bud I hope we can see it here Theres a Monkey in my local club who's Brother Photographs the Stars He has a web site I will try to show you a link to it later okay its really Cool!!!!!!! Have fun Playin in the Dirt today
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Old May 15, 2003 | 07:42 AM
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Cool George! Have fun!
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Old May 15, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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I missed it
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Old May 16, 2003 | 07:24 AM
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I saw the tale end of it. Happened to be going to the store and there was a cloud break. Pretty frickin cool!
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Old May 16, 2003 | 08:42 AM
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Kind of disappointing -- very dark and not much red.
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It was still cool to be able to see the shadow cast upon it though.
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Old May 16, 2003 | 09:24 AM
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Yeah and at the end of totality when the edge of the brightened moon began to reappear.
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Yeah...I saw it when most of the moon was already visible and the shadow didn't even take up a third of it.
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