Full snow moon eclipse

February's full moon is known as the "snow moon."  Tonight the moon will pass through the edge of the Earth's shadow, which is called the penumbra. 

During this full eclipse, the moon will be shaded, although it won't stand out as much as a typical lunar eclipse when the moon passes deep into the heart of Earth's shadow, called the umbra, and turns a ruddy color.

The skies cleared for a while last night, and the (almost) full moon came shining through the windows like a head lamp.  What an eventful week of weather, and none of it good.  It's raining again this morning, but Sunday should finally be a nice day.  

The mountain passes are still closed for avalanche risk, with the exception of I-90 going eastbound.  Getting across the state has been just about impossible for two days.  It's lucky the little group of Methow Valley travelers left when they did, or their big trip might have been ruined.  I haven't heard from them, but as far as we know they landed safely in Liberia, Costa Rica yesterday afternoon.

We have a Symphony to look forward to on Sunday afternoon. It will be great to get out of the house and have a gelato with Betsy and Paul, recently back from another trip to India. Betsy brought some unwelcome hitchhikers home, but she is on the mend now.  Lot's to catch up on.

Have a good weekend.