From: http://lauraszoo2.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/lunar-eclipse/ (Laura's Zoo Up North, with Bears, Moose, and Wolves).
For some reason I was an hour off on this thing. I got to see it at 7:45pm when there was just a bit of the edge being eclipsed. By the time I was done seeing my little man, I got to see the blood red moon. It was very cool. I sat in the back yard for about 20 minutes with Andie and I watched as she whined. I couldn't get a picture, but this blog above got a decent one that I thought I would share here. Also interesting is the story of this eclipse saving Columbus's life way back when.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/a/how-did-an-almanac-save-christopher-columbus
Read the whole story at the Farmer's Almanac above, but here's how it ends:
Just moments before the end of the total phase, Columbus reappeared and announced to the natives that his god had pardoned them and would allow the Moon to gradually return. At that moment, true to Columbus’s word, the Moon slowly began to reappear. As it emerged from the Earth’s shadow, the grateful natives hurried away. From then on, they kept Columbus and his men well supplied and well fed, until a reluctantly sent relief caravel from Hispaniola finally arrived on June 29, 1504. Columbus and his men returned to Spain on Nov. 7.
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