The Zeiger Family Homestead Blog

Looking out at Lynn Canal Friday night, we assumed we would not be able to see the lunar eclipse early the next morning. We were socked in, cloudy to the water line, with lashing rain. We talked to Aly on the phone, and learned that she and friends planned to stay up all night to catch the eclipse. We wished her well, and wished we could see it, too.

About 5:00 Saturday morning, I woke up and lay for a while in the dark, wondering if the weather remained poor for sky viewing. Finally, deciding I needed to relieve myself anyway, I hauled out of bed and went outside.

I walked out under a canopy of stars. Light frost coated the rocks in the yard and on the beach. I realized that at that moment, the lunar eclipse had entered totality.

I rushed back inside and woke Michelle. We dressed quickly, threw a few things into a knapsack, and headed up the trail.

There’s no way I was going to get a good shot of the moon, so here’s the early morning sun in the blow down, a few hours after our eclipse viewing (Photo: Mark Zeiger).

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