MvdV> I had a good view at last night's lunar eclipse. Weather
 MvdV> forcast was pessimistic, but luckily they turned out to be
 MvdV> wrong. Just about 15 minutes before second contact, the
 MvdV> clouds melted away and we had a beautiful view of the
 MvdV> totality.

Lucky you.  The skies here cleared up enough for us to actually see the
moon, but it was long after totality.

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