Bundled up from head to toes freezing my ass, I stood outside to watch the moon eclipse. Tonight, When I left my house at 6:45 P.M, a large portion of moon was still visible.
When I got to work place 45 minutes later, one-third of the moon was covered by earth's shadow. As it said in a Lunar Eclipse journal, the reddish line around the shadow covered moon was visible.
I went inside to brew a hot coffee. I wanted to see the moment when the moon, earth and sun were aligned.
While looking at the moon, I thought about my mother back home. When she was about ten years old, she saw the moon eclipsed for the first time. When the moon was completely covered by earth's shadow, the villagers hit the chicken coops and the store where they kept their crops to chase away the bad spirits.
That was more than sixty years ago. We have come a long way.
Exactly at 8:06 as it said in the article, the earth's shadow covered the moon. The red sparkling ring around the moon shone. I could see it with my naked eyes. It was a speechless moment. I wished my mother was with me.
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