:: meanders ::
souvenirs from the space-time continuum

Or, in other words, a Lunar Eclipse of the "Seven Sisters". What should make this particlarly lovely is the moon will be in its thin crescent phase, cradling the night sky. From SpaceWeather.com:

"The eclipse (or 'occultation') will be visible from eastern and central parts of North America. Start looking as soon as the sun sets. The slender crescent moon will pop out of the western twilight next to or among the stars of the Pleiades.

The event lasts nearly three hours from about 6:30 pm until 9:30 pm EST. During that time the Moon will move through the cluster, hiding one star after another, and revealing them again in due course.

Here is a beautiful image of 'earthshine visible on the dark side of the moon as it passes the Pleiades'.

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