google doodle
dear google doodle,
yesterday, i saw you had a doodle that showed a lunar eclipse. i thought, "cool! a lunar eclipse! well, we certainly won't be able to see it because of all the clouds."
i woke up to use the facilities at 1:30am last night. i noticed a bright light coming through the kitchen windows. the moon! oooo, maybe i'll be able to see the eclipse! the google doodle told me so!
i grab my camera and my zoom lens and sneak into the kitchen. looking through the lens, it looked... normal. so i looked up online when it was supposed to happen. between 1:24 and 7am. well, holy crap, it's between 1:24 and 7am! i go back over to the window. that moon isn't eclipsing at all, as far as i can see. i go back to the computer.
from space.comThe longest total lunar eclipse in 11 years occurred Wednesday (June 15), turning the moon a dusky blood red that is amazing skywatchers around the world. See some of the first photos from the event here.
The lunar eclipse began at 1:24 p.m. EDT (1724 GMT) and will last until 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). The eclipse's peak occured at 4:12 p.m. EDT (2012 GMT). At its best, the eclipse promised 100 minutes of totality, making it the longest total lunar eclipse since July 2000.
June 15 was the lunar eclipse. not June 16, which is what day it is today. the day it was at 1:30am.
and it happened during the pm, not am.
oh, and i just found out that it wasn't visible in north america.
stoopid google doodle.
yesterday, i saw you had a doodle that showed a lunar eclipse. i thought, "cool! a lunar eclipse! well, we certainly won't be able to see it because of all the clouds."
i woke up to use the facilities at 1:30am last night. i noticed a bright light coming through the kitchen windows. the moon! oooo, maybe i'll be able to see the eclipse! the google doodle told me so!
i grab my camera and my zoom lens and sneak into the kitchen. looking through the lens, it looked... normal. so i looked up online when it was supposed to happen. between 1:24 and 7am. well, holy crap, it's between 1:24 and 7am! i go back over to the window. that moon isn't eclipsing at all, as far as i can see. i go back to the computer.
from space.comThe longest total lunar eclipse in 11 years occurred Wednesday (June 15), turning the moon a dusky blood red that is amazing skywatchers around the world. See some of the first photos from the event here.
The lunar eclipse began at 1:24 p.m. EDT (1724 GMT) and will last until 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). The eclipse's peak occured at 4:12 p.m. EDT (2012 GMT). At its best, the eclipse promised 100 minutes of totality, making it the longest total lunar eclipse since July 2000.
June 15 was the lunar eclipse. not June 16, which is what day it is today. the day it was at 1:30am.
and it happened during the pm, not am.
oh, and i just found out that it wasn't visible in north america.
stoopid google doodle.
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