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Total Lunar Eclipse Over the U.S. on Wed., February 20th.

science.nasa.gov — On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010.

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  • tidu, on 02/17/2008, -4/+103This could be quite the way to woo a woman


    ...hope I don't have a raid that night.
  • davemartin7777, on 02/17/2008, -1/+47How can one not Digg this?
    A lunar eclipse is a wondrous thing to see... it was 10,000 years ago and it is now. Head for the hills, away from city lights if you can.
  • cygnus2112, on 02/17/2008, -4/+42Oh man. I haven't had much time to gather the sacrificial plants, animals and baby yet!
  • JAG731, on 02/17/2008, -0/+31I love lunar eclipses! But the excess body hair growth and urge to howl nearly ruins it for me.
  • smurf22, on 02/17/2008, -1/+29It looks like you ate a big bowl of fail this morning.
  • cygnus2112, on 02/17/2008, -1/+28"Hey baby, want to go out late at night when the moon is covered up and it's all dark and spooky?"

    "Ummm. No thanks. Btw, I'm not a female night elf in real life. I keep saying it and you keep missing it."
  • azzy, on 02/17/2008, -3/+24Keep him steady at zero!
  • deepdiggdude, on 02/17/2008, -0/+182017, my friend. Get ready, it's going to be awesome.

    In 1999, i flew to Munich, to see the solar eclipse. I laid awake the entire night before worrying about cloud cover. Ten minutes before the event, the sky was mostly cloudy, but where I was standing, the sun was shining, then a cloud began to creep closer. I timed its advance and calculated that it would block the eclipse! I freaked out and began to RUN in the direction of the sun. I ran until my sides cramped and when I realized I couldn't outrun the cloud I look around and saw a taxi. I threw twenty marks at the driver and told him to drive in the direction of the sun. I had only three minutes! He drove like a mad man - through red lights (which nobody cared, they were all looking up). He got me to a sunny patch with ten seconds to go. I hopped out, looked up, and in a hole in the clouds, small enough to cover with my fist at arm's length, the moon blocked the sun for a glorious 2 minutes and 20 seconds.
    Two miles away the old Olympic stadium, filled with thousands of paying spectators, was in the shade. It took me three hours to recover from the run, but later that night the beer tasted extraordinary.
  • mustang460, on 02/17/2008, -0/+14no, but you'll see the dark side of the earth reflected by it
  • gak001, on 02/17/2008, -0/+13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_February_2008_luna ...
    For all of you infojunkies out there.
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -5/+17Same here, but the worst part of a solar eclipse is that it is only viewable from a small part of the earth. Even if one does occur you have to be lucky enough to be in the viewing area.
  • greekgoat91, on 02/17/2008, -4/+16lol, who's your employer? if they give days off because of Lunar Eclipses, I'd like to sign up immediately.
  • giloron, on 02/17/2008, -1/+13I miss the ignore button.
  • jeffsback2223, on 02/17/2008, -0/+11I'm not sure that sounded as good in writing as it did in your head.
  • cygnus2112, on 02/17/2008, -2/+12I see you've met my grandmother.
  • BestJaxx, on 02/17/2008, -1/+10God made the moon red? Sounds more like the work of Satan. That would mean that Sox fans go to Hell. Sounds about right to me.
  • Typhoon2009, on 02/17/2008, -0/+9Cool, but frankly I want a total solar eclipse. I want one in my lifetime. And dammit, I want to see it!
  • t3714, on 02/17/2008, -1/+101) The last lunar eclipse was in August last year, and the one before that was in March. The 2004 eclipse was a while ago.
    2) The Cardinals and the Red Sox both wear a similar shade of red.

    Thus...
  • wondertwins, on 02/17/2008, -1/+9even if she was a night elf, she would turn invisible.

    POTM
  • Synova, on 02/17/2008, -0/+7What the ***** are you talking about?
  • ncdave101, on 02/17/2008, -1/+8No...it's merely a coincidence that a full lunar eclipse happened the same day a baseball game occurred where the Red Sox defeated the Cardinals for the last game of the World Series in 2004. There was no curse to break, no mythical diety taking sides, no alignment of stars exerting influence over people. Just a coincidence. That's it. Period.
  • Bobboq, on 02/17/2008, -1/+8Never gone to work drunk before...? Rookie...
  • jebudas, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6Work? Rookie...
  • calamityj1202, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6I will be watching it myself. It is already on my google calender. Has been for a while now.
  • digigal, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6I'll be freezing my ass off watching with my dad. Aw, those great bonding moments
  • astrimbu, on 02/17/2008, -0/+6Exactly how huge are you?
  • jjburch, on 02/17/2008, -7/+13Does this mean I'll finally be able to see the dark side of the moon?

    /huge Pink Floyd fan
  • BestJaxx, on 02/17/2008, -3/+8Consider your request granted.
  • Gemfinder, on 02/17/2008, -0/+5Arrrghly...and it's gonna be raining cats 'n dogs that night, too :( :(
    Sometimes, living in Oregon just ain't worth it...
  • tidu, on 02/17/2008, -0/+5unacceptable
  • SlyMm, on 02/17/2008, -0/+5Eclipses are sweet. But its North AMERICA. Anyone in the western hemisphere can look up that night and see the damn eclipse! Shame on the OP.
  • elislider, on 02/17/2008, -0/+4hell yes. the 20th is my birthday!
  • boris92, on 02/17/2008, -1/+5is there any other way to go to work?
  • lotsa1s, on 02/17/2008, -0/+3What if he wants that?

    ***** Swiss.
  • MiDri, on 02/17/2008, -1/+4Never underestimate peoples ability to not be able to convert timezones.
  • digindrivefast, on 02/17/2008, -0/+3You may never be "There Again" You or dad could be gone in a flash...
    Step out and enjoy, it isn't going to cost you a dime, it may be a lasting memory that you can "tap into" later in your life!
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -0/+3Try Australia.
    http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE20 ...
  • schrutefan, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3February 21st, Bush declares war on the moon. Claims it hates us for our freedom.
  • mikesbaker, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2and then barfed it all up on digg to finish it off
  • jebudas, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2The next one visible in the US is August 21, 2017. Sigh...
  • gak001, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3Still not over that wedgie?
  • davemartin7777, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2Here's a quarter.
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2There had sure as hell better not be clouds that night. Stupid Seattle weather...
  • Synova, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2Yeah I hope I can see this out my window, because I really don't feel like wading through 2 ft of snow at 10:00pm...
  • patrickhuman, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3Live Diggnation Event ??????? Forest Park????
  • proliance, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2When pigs fly.
  • chomp, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART!
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3And the other one denied.
  • doctorfungi, on 02/17/2008, -0/+2He must've forgotten his big cup of shut the ***** up.
  • lotsa1s, on 02/17/2008, -1/+3Sacrificial plants?

    Pagans and vegans just don't mix. You just end up looking silly.
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