Yesterday evening, the slightly-larger-than-normal full moon shined brightly in Earth's skies and then dove into the planet's shadow, turning a gorgeous reddish-gold color as observers with clear skies enjoyed the view. The event marked the first supermoon total lunar eclipse since 1982, and the last until 2033 — and it was visible to potentially billions of people across the Western Hemisphere and parts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
Just about the only place it wasn’t visible was here at the Boggy Thicket. True to tradition, when anything of interest is happening in the heavens, our skies were overcast – whatever celestial events took place behind that curtain of cloud could only be imagined.
Here on the ground, we were supposed to have a 60% probability of much needed rain. We did get (and are still getting) some form of precipitation, but I’m not sure what to call it. The drops are too small to call it drizzle and too few and far between to call it mist. After 20 hours of the stuff, there are no puddles, the ground isn’t even muddy and the grass is barely damp.
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