About half the US population will likely miss out on the lunar eclipse Sunday night

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By The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published May 13, 2022

PHILADELPHIA — Clouds and showers are poised to spoil not only another weekend in the Eastern United States, they are likely to ruin one of the year’s most anticipated astronomical events — a total lunar eclipse Sunday night into early Monday.

During the 3½ hours in which Earth’s shadow will cross the moon, starting around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, clouds will eclipse the eclipse over most of the East, said Allan Rahill, a Canadian government meteorologist who provides sky-cover forecasts for astronomers throughout North America.

For Philadelphians, seeing the eclipse would require “a pretty good road trip,” said Dave Bowers, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc., “like west of Chicago: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, they look pretty good, central west Texas.”

https://www.rawstory.com/about-half-the-us-population-will-likely-miss-out-on-the-lunar-eclipse-sunday-night/

[Demovictory9]

1. Kick

[sakabatou]

2. There are webcams and other online places where you can watch

[TreasonousBastard]

3. True, but there's nothing like lying back and viewing it fisthand.

[nolabear]

4. Possibly the funniest typo I've seen here...

You must REALLY love an eclipse.

[herding cats]

5. Yeah, but a lot of folks really want that photo.

I'll probably get it, as I'm in a zone where it shouldn't be obscured. But, having been there so many times before, I feel for my fellow photographers who yearn for a chance. I've been them.

[electric_blue68]

6. Annoyed, we'll be clouded over. I didn't have a good zoom lens to get a good photo...

the time I did catch one, but at least I saw one. 👍

Pretty!