Do we really need multiple threads for this ? Why not just collect them all together?
@mad_masala, have a good spot?
Effing cloudy innit
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It’s tomorrow, isn’t it?
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Damn! visible only in Taipei, Taiwan!!!
What’s so special about lunar eclipse? Already seen a bunch in my life. And lunar eclipse covers half the planet anyways, unlike solar eclipse which only covers a small circle on the planet.
Not everyone has seen it once in their life. It’s a free show. Things like this are why religion was invented in the first place. Some people have astronomy as a hobby or interest. That’s just off the top of my head
Not so special that every one needs a dedicated thread, IMO, but worth sharing for those who are interested
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F*co, just killed it for me. luckily its raining anyway.
Will be out just in case there is a break in the clouds. Looking at something insanely greater than all of mankind’s history put together is humbling. I like being humbled by things WAY bigger than this place. I suspect that’s how religion started as well, with the addition of chemical mind altering substances, surely. Humbled is humbled, to each their own 
Hmm, maybe. Maybe it’s what caused human introspection. An eclipse is slow enough to watch play out in it’s entirety. And at the end, nothing much has changed. It’s a mind bender. I think the allegorical stories came way later. Like way way later.
Eclipse does not start until the evening of the 8th. Taiwan viewers should have a special treat.
Check the animation, middle of page, titled “Eclipse Map and Animation”
The moon will rise in Taiwan eclipsed in totality:
~6:30 pm local time The lower your horizon, or the taller your building, the sooner you won’t be able to find it
~7:45 pm local time Moon leaves totality. Should be observable all over Taiwan.
~9 pm local time Moon begins to leave Earth’s penumbra, or partial shadow.
~9:50 pm local time Show is just about over.
Here is a time and date eclipse link for Taipei:
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Cloudy every day
Yesterday the moon was visible through the different layers of clouds. I guess they weren’t that thick. I hope it’s the same today.
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Tonight between 5:00 and 7:00 could even be a red moon. But of course can’t see it from northern Taiwan because the sky is nearly always overcast.
From where did you see it?
Psst … you’re looking the wrong way!
Not that there’s much visibility the right way either.
Clear sky in Osaka 
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Haha, I know I know. But the right way had a mountain.
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taiwan is often blessed with reddish moons and 3 hour sunsets. man made bliss, not the cosmos.
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