Thanks for posting this!
We got up in the middle of the night to watch the eclipse, taking our chances with the clouds. Got lucky - we hit the spot where the cloud cover broke, just before it went total. As we were outside admiring, we heard voices, and realized our neighbors were out too... with their telescope, which they invited us to share.
Lovely.
Haven't seen a lunar eclipse in a long time, and I had not expected the redness, which is of course from the earth's atmosphere bending the sun's rays. Hubby had a great explanation for our son: "Imagine you're on the moon looking at the earth right now. You'd see a black ball, but around it you'd see a ring of red - all the sunsets and sunrises on earth, all at once. That's what's reflected on the moon." No wonder primitive peoples found mystery and magic in an eclipse, with that dramatic color change.
Son got very cold, so we went in after 10-15 minutes and popped back out at intervals until the cloud cover swept in and shrouded it. We did get to see the total eclipse stage. I would have liked to see the other side start peeping out, but the clouds made that unlikely enough that I gave it up.
Had trouble getting back to sleep, so I'm a bit pooped this morning. Came into work late (no one else is here, doesn't matter) and will treat myself to an extra coffee.
A marvelous family memory. Life is good.