"The gentle beauty of a lunar eclipse pales in comparison with the truly awesome spectacle of a total solar eclipse, which occurs when the new Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth.
[Editors Note: There is a total lunar eclipse on October 27, 2004. Although this column refers to an earlier eclipse, the recommended sites are still good.]
Want to know exactly when the total lunar eclipse is coming to your town? Simply enter your location and select the January 21 eclipse from the drop-down list of recent and upcoming lunar events.
"Photographing an eclipse of the Moon is fun and easy.
Although the Lunar Prospector mission is now complete (it ended on July 30, 1999 with a controlled crash into the Moon), this site has an excellent animation explaining lunar phases and eclipses.
"Just 20 days into this millennial year, a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon will occur over the Americas and Western Europe.
