So last night there was a full lunar eclipse. I decided that since I'd never seen one myself I'd stay up to check it out. I'm usually up late anyways so staying up another hour or two wasn't really hard for me. From what I read online the west coast and mid-pacific ocean areas were gonna have the best vantage point. I decided I'd take a look around 3:30 AM to see it while it was going through its "Umbra" phase. Thats when the moon is fully in the Earth's shadow and it glows with a soft rusty red color. It was pretty cool. I tried to take a couple photos but my Canon SD700 point and shoot camera, but it wasn't up to the challenge. It also made me wish I owned a telescope so I could see it up close, but I'll have to wait till another time I guess. Here's a lil' descriptive image I found on msnbc.com.