"These digital images of Wednesday evening's (Oct. 27) extraordinary total lunar eclipse come to us from Mary Anne Best, who photographed the astronomical event from her deck in Remington, Indiana. Fears that clouds might obscure the eclipse proved unfounded, thanks to an injection of relatively "dry" air into the area by the easterly winds in progress at the time. It was the first total lunar eclipse visible from North America since November 8, 2003. The entire eclipse ran from 7:05 pm through 1:03 am CDT---though the period of totality was just 1 hour and 22 minutes in length and occurred between 9:23 pm and 10:45 pm. Another total lunar exlipse won't occur for another 2.5 years--on March 3, 2007. However, that one will favor Europe, Africa and the Middle East and may only be partially visible in the eastern Americas, says Sky and Telescope Magazine.
Our photographer, Mary Anne Best, is one of our WGN weather observers and was kind to share these images with us. Many thanks Mary Anne for passing them along!"
-Tom Skilling
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
