Lunar Eclipse

Posted on February 20, 2008 by JE

Endymion’s revenge:
the moon’s bright eye is shut,
and on its ashen lid
I see red shadows lie.

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James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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11 Responses to Lunar Eclipse

  1. al_zorra says:
    February 21, 2008 at 4:41 am

    I saw the red.

    Love, C.

    • JE says:
      February 21, 2008 at 2:59 pm

      My kids and I were out there for hours–it was extremely cool. Quite literally: a pretty chilly night hereabouts. But a clear one.

      • al_zorra says:
        February 21, 2008 at 4:40 pm

        It was in the low 20’s here, but no wind, thank goodness.

        She returned to unimpeded skies, so bright we wouldn’t have needed the street lights.

        Love, C.

        • JE says:
          February 21, 2008 at 11:32 pm

          Excellent. I think my daughter got some pretty good pictures; if they came out (and I can get her permission), I may post them here.

        • Anonymous says:
          February 22, 2008 at 3:50 pm

          It was -10F here, but it was worth standing outside. In my experience, it’s pretty rare that celestial events happen at 9pm and in a cloudless sky. Great show.

          –Jeff Stehman

          • al_zorra says:
            February 22, 2008 at 4:35 pm

            A month of unpredictable weather. Nearly 70 one day last week; yesterday was my most unfavorite sort of day — significantly below freezing and that hard glare. Today we’re having a snowstorm — at least until it turns into rain later, if ‘they’ are right. We’ve got about 5 inches so far — nothing at all like our friends in Wisconsin and Maine though, sitting under nearly a 100 inches of accumulation since New Year.

            Love, C.

          • JE says:
            February 22, 2008 at 11:24 pm

            Now that’s real winter. I know what you mean about the sky cooperating: the heavens were pretty murky around here when we last has a lunar eclipse.

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