details Q of the Total Eclipse of the Moon of Friday, 21 January 2000 (GMT) (Thursday, 20 January 2000 (PST)): (Information from the US Naval Observatory and the American Association of Amateur Astronomers) Begins 2:02:54 AM GMT, 21/01/00; 6:02:54 PM PST, 20/01/00 Beginning of umbral phase (3:01:24 AM GMT, 21/01/00; 7:01:24 PM PST, 20/01/00) visible in: North America except the Aleutian Islands, Central America, South America, most of Africa, Europe, western Asia, Greenland, the arctic region, the Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern Pacific Ocean; Totality: 4:04:36 AM - 5:22:18 AM GMT (Peak: 4:43:30 AM GMT), 21/01/00 8:04:36 PM - 9:22:18 PM PST (Peak: 8:43:30 PM GMT), 20/01/00 Moon leaving umbra (6:25:24 AM GMT, 21/01/00; 10:25:24 PM PST, 20/01/00) visible in: North America, Hawaii, Central America, South America, extreme western Africa, Europe except the southeastern portion, Greenland, the arctic region, the Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica, the North Pacific Ocean except the southwestern portion, the eastern South Pacific Ocean, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the South Atlantic Ocean except the southeastern portion. Ends 7:24:06 AM GMT, 21/01/00; 11:24:06 PM PST, 20/01/00 Magnitude: 1.330 A lunar eclipse throws an eerie reddish color across the face of the moon. Earth's atmosphere acts like a prism, bending a little sunlight into the shadow and giving it a copper tint. In essence, what falls on the eclipsed moon is the light of all the sunsets and sunrises on Earth. Observers with telescopes and binoculars can watch as the edge of the Earth's shadow crosses individual craters on the surface of the moon. If you wish to photograph the eclipse, mount your 35-mm camera on a tripod and take scenic views with a red colored moon as part of your composition. Exposure times on ISO 200 film should be 1/60 second for partial phases at f/8, and 2 seconds at f/4 for the total phases. You may also photograph the eclipse through your telescope. Exposure times will depend on the exact setup of your equipment. Note that the American Association of Amateur Astronomers is holding a contest for the best photograph of the eclipse. See www.corvus.com/j20-lunare.htm for details. 000118 ... birdmad where i, the devil, can be found lurking 000501 ... melvinwang what nobody cares about anymore. do i hurt someone with my action? am i true to myself? or is it just instant gratification? 010504 ... Christy42 Elated am I, for I can't stop thinking about you and all your perfect little details. Indeed, everything about the situation would have been grand, had I not been ripped straight away from you and your city. Even the atmosphere brought me joy--a town slightly worn down but packed with good cheer and good people who knew me and my motives perhaps too well. Ah, kid, I'll return some day if you'll only promise to be present. My memories of you and your soft southern charm remind me of all you'd be to me if only I was close by. But fret not, for I will wait; I will walk alone and without company through this dirty, dreary little city if you'll only provide me with a sign. You needn't pledge your undying devotion, for I know the fleeting nature of affection. Oh, but don't I have it all, boy? I am blessed by brilliance unsurpassed, bright eyes of royal blue, respect from all my elders and the most comfortable of surroundings. Indeed, I am set. I have everything I ever thought to ask for, except proximity to you. 010910 ... shadow they make life worth living... if we don't live in the details of life we miss out. 020120 ... phil GEEZUS just shutup 020318 ... sabbie "its a detail. details are important" some guy walking down the street talking to some bum 020319 ... Ouroboros grrrrrr 101217 ... past you know, it's worse to assume your meaning is carried than it is to be explicitly honest about something. especially when your dealing with the income of someone who has little (and whose opportunities to generate more you've strictly limited as a mostly understandable condition of entry). oh, the joys of grad_school. 140113 what's it to you? who go blather from