We had total cloud cover here so couldn't see it... Darn !!

we came so close..about 1am the sky was clear over detroit, but darn it, by 3 it was cloudy...so none for me!

at least the expected snow, hasn't, yet!

I missed it too, because it was cloudy. DH went out at 2 a m to give it a try, but he came right back in. Too cold!

I checked on it a few times...but no red either..just "typical" eclipse..

mamatoad, are you sure that you watched it long enough? The shadow thing occurs first, then is followed by the red effect.

The attached link is of actual time-lapped eclipse taken a few years ago.

As far as I'm concerned the only time to enjoy a nice lunar eclipse is when it's NICE outside! I can't get excited about sky gazing when it's below freezing, solstice or not!
;-)

Total lunar eclipses are fairly frequent, so keep tuned for one that might occur on a nice, sitting-outside-drinking-wine type of night.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

I couldn't see it either but steph posted pics and it was awesome!

Bad timing, weather-wise, at our house. We'd been admiring the moon in a clear sky for several nights...until last night when three inches of snow came in. Fooey!

Here's a time lapse that's great.

Here is a link that might be useful: 2010 Lunar Time Lapse

Rhizo, I didn't stay and watch long enough! It was chilly and I didn't have on enough clothes! LOL Looks like I missed the best part! Those photos are awesome, aren't they?

Here too it was drizzling and snowing lightly. There'll be others but not on the Winter Solstice for something like another 400 years. Drat. I think I'm busy that night.

I was lucky enough to have the Yule Feast and Festival with family and friends here. Most of us stayed up all night tending the Yule fire, telling stories and watching the eclipse (all of it). The temps here got down in the upper 30s but having a nice fire in the fire pit and hot cocoa helped a lot. As the eclipse started we all hung around the fire pit, let the flames die down to a 4' wide 12" deep pit of glowing coals while we watched earth-shadow creep slowly across the moon in moderate comfort. As the eclipse turned full the red-ish glow was not as red as it was to become after several minutes. What was totally the strangest part was at the moment the moon was completely eclipsed all the outside dogs in the area started to howl, yip and bark. That gave most of us goosebumps. We heaped more wood on the coals got the fire going, added a bit of brandy to the hot cocoa, and spent the time until sunrise sharing our own stories of the blessings and trials we have endured this last year thanking the deities for a better year for all and exchanging Yule gifts.
Awesome way to spend the first hrs of the first day of winter.

Blessings and Merry Christmas all.
LIL