Had to put this in.  Tonight it's crystal clear and the eclipse has started!  It's really beautiful; reminded me of Gorbachev's forehead mark.

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DENVER - The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday, slowly eclipsing the moon and causing it to turn shades of orange and red.



Doug Duncan, director of the University of Colorado's Fiske Planetarium. The total eclipse phase, in which the moon has an orange or reddish glow, lasts about 1 1/2 hours



"When someone asks why is it (the moon) red, you can say because the sky is blue," Duncan said.



The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible from the Americas, Europe and Asia.