Photo by Bob Gill
The photograph above illustrates the progressive stages of Friday evening's total lunar eclipse. The eclipse began at 10:10 p.m., the total eclipse began at 11:22, ending at 12:12, with the entire eclipse ending at 1:25 a.m. Saturday morning. Those who took the time to observe this eclipse will be gratified to know that Friday's occurrence was the last visible in this area until February 10, 1971, a graduate student in Astronomy offered. The red color observable during the full eclipse was due to the refraction of light coming from the sun by the earth's atmosphere.