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The lunar eclipse was best in 40 years If you missed this one, you'll have to wait until 2010 to see another By Tony Harvey In the 40 plus years that I've been involved in Astronomy as a amateur, this eclipse (February 20, 2008), was the best one that I've ever witnessed. Conditions were absolutely perfect which allowed viewers to see the red pre-umbra of the earths shadow cast upon the face of the moon, before, duringand after the eclipse. If you missed this eclipse then you will have to wait until the year 2010 to see this happen again in the North American continent. In days of old this event caused wide spread panic among the tribes of the native Americans and amongother nations of the world. In some cultures this was taken to mean the end of the world and in to try too appease the gods, they would hold week longsacrificial rituals. Not only were animals sacrificed it's been recorded that human sacrifices were performed. If the total eclipse occurred before or upon the arrival of early explorers, these explorers were viewed as powerful gods by the natives. To which the natives would offer all sorts of goods and even gold to the strange people who've paid them this visit. A total eclipse has a strange effect on domestic and wild animals alike. It's well known to cause roosters to crow during the day when a total eclipse of the Sun occurs. The same holds true at night for other types of animals. During this eclipse on Wednesday night a flock of geese or cranesflew over our house and landed in the field behind our home. I wasn't able to get close enough to take a picture and never reallytried, knowing that if I approached to close they would fly away. But there they were and stayed for quite awhile squawking and flapping like they had gone mad. My wife heard them but she never tried to see them, a bird is just bird in her mind so no big deal. All in all it was quite a event to be able to watch. This story was posted on 2008-02-22 08:40:21
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