Image 1/20/2000 by Chris Rammacher First Half of Lunar
Eclipse by Juan Wilson & Chris
Rammacher © 2000 The Gobbler: Winter Thaw "We will witness a rare and
significant sky event on December 22nd when the winter
solstice, a full moon, and a lunar perigee occur
simultaneously." But, the fact of the matter was we
froze our butts off standing around at midnight, in a
freezing overcast, waiting for a show that never came
off. Yeah we had some fun. There was a sweat lodge, hot
chocolate and tea and a big outdoor fire... but the show
was a dud. However, just a few weeks later we got
a real sky show. On Thursday, January 20th a lunar
eclipse occurred. It was a clear night and about 11:30 we
saw a dramatic shadow cross the moon. Good
show!
The Super Solstice on December
22nd turned out to be something of a bust. Although it
was the conjunction of a full moon, winter solstice and
closest encounter with the moon last year, it wasn't very
dramatic. We anticipated a good show and even said in the
Gobbler;
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