There is a treat for everyone tonight for the global event, one that can be seen all over the world in all seven continents in some shape or form. A photographic gem tonight: a total lunar eclipse. The Full Beaver Moon event lasts the total time of 5 hours and 55 minutes, and the totality…Read more Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2025 – Tonight
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Photos: The Harvest Full Moon + Information on Upcoming Future Full Moon Names
Here are photos of yesterday's Full Harvest Moon! National Moon Day. . .Here was a photographic event, indeed on the evening of 9/9/22. With NASA getting ready for a Moon launch, this event is a classic! Enjoy these photos of this year's Harvest Full Moon from Oak Forest, Illinois. . . Photos of "Harvest Moon"…Read more Photos: The Harvest Full Moon + Information on Upcoming Future Full Moon Names
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Happy Dog Days of Summer – 2022
August is the "Dog Days" of summer. Here is an article of how the "Dog Star", The A.K.C., Dog Breeds & More, have so much to do with the world, and the perspective that August has on the role dogs play in our lives. . . Happy Dog Days of Summer ! ! ! 🐶…Read more Happy Dog Days of Summer – 2022
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National Moon Day + Photos of July’s Super Full Moon
Today is the day to celebrate the Moon! National Moon Day. . .Here was a photographic event happened this month on the Moonrise the evening of 7/12/22. The actual Super Full Moon happened later that same day cycle. Enjoy these photos of this year's last Super Full Moon from Tinley Park, Illinois. . . Photos…Read more National Moon Day + Photos of July’s Super Full Moon
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Photos of the Total Lunar Eclipse – Full Flower “Blood Moon” – 5-15-22
A photographic wrap up of the recent total lunar eclipse that was seen in the Americas, Europe and Africa. The eclipse started at 8:32 p.m. on 5/16/2002 and ended at 1:50 a.m. CDT on 5/16/2002. The totality started at 10:29 p.m. and ended 11:53 p.m. on 5/16/2002, with maximum totality at 11:11 p.m. The whole…Read more Photos of the Total Lunar Eclipse – Full Flower “Blood Moon” – 5-15-22
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Full Flower Moon, a “Blood Moon” and Total “Prime Time” Lunar Eclipse – Tonight
There is a treat for everyone in the Americas, Europe and Africa and points close to these land masses are in for a photographic gem tonight: A global event called the total lunar eclipse. The Full Flower Moon event lasts the total time of 5 hours and 19 minutes, and the totality stage lasts 1…Read more Full Flower Moon, a “Blood Moon” and Total “Prime Time” Lunar Eclipse – Tonight
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Videos: April 30th Partial Solar Eclipse in Southern Hemisphere + Info On Future Solar Eclipses
While we are waiting for the coming great total solar eclipse in the United States in little under two years on April 8, 2024--this first eclipse in 2022 was extra special precursor--a partial solar eclipse, which happened Saturday in the southern hemisphere. The path of this partial solar eclipse was not visible at all from…Read more Videos: April 30th Partial Solar Eclipse in Southern Hemisphere + Info On Future Solar Eclipses
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25 Year Anniversary: NASA Atlas Rocket Liftoff – March 8, 1997
Today’s special photo segment: Ensemble of Atlas Rocket liftoff – 3/8/97 It really was 25 years ago today that I had the unique opportunity to see NASA at full force! Here is my experience of the Atlas IIA rocket mission number AC-128 at launch site CCAFS, SLC-36A to launch the Tempo 2-Comsat into orbit that…Read more 25 Year Anniversary: NASA Atlas Rocket Liftoff – March 8, 1997
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Photos & Video: Friday’s Total Solar Eclipse – Future Eclipse Information
This was an excellent satellite view of an eclipse not viewable by naked eye, unless you happened to be in portions of Antarctica. A treat nonetheless for the satellite view, so I am sharing photos and clips from the event. Last Friday night to Saturday morning's path was from mostly over the continent of Antarctica.…Read more Photos & Video: Friday’s Total Solar Eclipse – Future Eclipse Information
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Photos of the Partial Lunar Eclipse – Full Beaver “Blood Moon”
This is a photographic wrap up of the partial lunar eclipse that started at 12:02 a.m. and ended at 6:01 a.m. CDT on 11/19/2021. What a long event, as the whole event spanned over a six hours and one minute time period throughout the nighttime hours on Friday morning. This happens when the moon enters…Read more Photos of the Partial Lunar Eclipse – Full Beaver “Blood Moon”
