The night sky always wins with the best light shows. This year the display was more a lack of light. Total eclipse of the the moon.
Sorry, that was a partial eclipse of Laura Dore. She's got a lovely moon.
The winter solstice and a lunar eclipse coincide quite infrequently. It's been over 300 years since the last. The show began at 1:33am but I didn't go outside to look until 2:30am. Lunar eclipses go so slow you can take your time and enjoy it. Unless you don't like that sort of thing which means you probably didn't see it. Did you see Laura above?
I didn't bother trying to take a photo so I grabbed one online. You can see how the surface turns a reddish brown. It was a beautiful sight hanging over the top of my house. I could easily see it between the tree branches; I saw my breath just as easily. The next 30 minutes brought a total eclipse before my tired eyes. Well worth the price of admission.
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