I was so excited when I found out earlier this year that it was going to be possible to see the December 10th, 2011 total lunar eclipse. If you happened to be on the North American side of the Pacific Ocean or in Asia or in parts of Eastern Europe, you would have had the amazing opportunity to see the eclipse in its entirety. Living in the foothills on the eastern side of the Colorado Rockies, we were able to watch the Moon fully eclipse just as it was starting to setting behind the mountains in the west as the sun was rising directly behind in the east. What made this eclipse even more spectacular was that I witnessed my first selenehelion. This happens when the lunar eclipse occurs at about the same time the Sun is either rising or setting. Continue reading
