lunar eclipse

In western Montana, it doesn't look too promising for clear skies Sunday night, but let's hope for the best.

A NASA higher education program called the Montana Space Grant Consortium will be conducting two separate experiments in conjunction with the highly anticipated solar eclipse on August 21.

Something that hadn't happened since 1982 took place Sunday night. If you missed it, prepare to be awed.

Lots of people saw the lunar eclipse here in the Bitterroot Valley. The skies were mostly clear during the early evening event.
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Bitterroot Valley viewing of the lunar eclipse will be very convenient.

It's a full moon on Sunday, but lucky for Missoula, we will be able to see more than just a full moon, but also a lunar eclipse.

Saturday morning the astronomy buffs will be looking up at the moon as we experience a lunar eclipse.

A total lunar eclipse will be happening Wednesday morning and we should be able to see it in the Bitterroot Valley.

The moon was coming out of the total eclipse when I snapped this photo.
The clouds parted in time for Bitterroot Valley residents to view the eclipse - the first of four this year and next.

If we have clouds in the Bitterroot Valley during the lunar eclipse Tuesday morning, try this website at University of North Dakota.
The lunar eclipse will begin after midnight with an orange moon in the sky about an hour or so later.
The color of the moon comes from the sunlight shining through the E…