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I just wanted to send you a quick reminder about the Total Lunar Eclipse tonight (Wednesday, February 20th). We will not have another one like this until December 2010, so you will not want to miss it. Totality will last for 52 minutes and begins at the following times:
Pacific Standard Time - 7:00 pm
Mountain Standard Time - 8:00 pm
Central Standard Time - 9:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time - 10:00 pm
The 5 Stages of a Lunar Eclipse
Although the moon is totally engulfed in the Earth’s shadow between 7:00 pm and 7:52, there are other stages that the Moon goes through before and after these times.
Stage 1 - Technically, the eclipse begins when the edge of the Moon enters the penumbra, or outer fringe of the Earth’s shadow. This stage of the eclipse can be difficult to see because the shading of the penumbra is very slight. Most will not be able to discern the shading of the Moon during this stage until the edge of the Moon is about half way across the penumbra.
Stage 2- The next stage is called the partial eclipse. This takes place when the Moon’s edge crosses the umbra, which is the inner part of the Earth’s shadow. In the umbra, no direct sunlight is reaching the Moon. Relatively speaking, this stage happens fairly quickly. You can actually stand and watch the Earth’s shadow creep slowly across the Moon’s surface as each minutes passes by! Furthermore, you should be able to discern the curved edge of the Earth’s shadow indicating the reality that our Earth is round.
Stage 3 – This is totality. This is when the entire Moon is in the umbra. For 52 minutes, the Moon will be completely engulfed in the Earth’s shadow.
Stage 4 – This is the partial eclipse all over again. From here, the first two stages happen again in reverse.
Stage 5 – Final pass through the penumbra. This slow fading takes about another 40 minutes. When it is all over, the Moon will be back to normal.
The Rusty Moon
You will notice that during a Total Lunar Eclipse, the Moon is never blacked out. It simply turns a pale, reddish-orange, rusty color. The reason for this may surprise you. It actually comes from the various sunrises and sunsets that are taking place across the Earth at the same time.
Picture yourself standing on the Moon for a moment while the eclipse is taking place. You would see the Earth blocking the light from the Sun. This would make a brilliant ring around the Earth colored by sunset and sunrise colored light.
The Earth’s atmosphere bends and scatters this sunset and sunrise light and casts some of it into the Earth’s shadow causing some of it to end up on the Moon’s surface during a Lunar Eclipse. Pretty neat, huh?
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Please take the time to check out this website. It is really important that as many people as possible join this campaign by signing their petition. ParentalRights.org brings together everyone who agrees that the vital role of parents in the lives of children should not be undermined by government action or policy. I'm standing with them and you should too!
http://www.parentalrights.org
This is an Email that I got after signing the Parental Rights Amendment. I encourage all homeschool parents to sign!
Thank you very much for signing the petition at ParentalRights.org and becoming a Citizen Co-Sponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment! We are committed to protecting the vital role of parents in the lives of their kids and are thankful you are too. Children are just too important to be regulated out of the lives of their parents. This is why we are standing up and why we are thankful you are too! With your help we can convince your Congressman and Senators to become sponsors of the Parental Rights Amendment.
Thank you again!
The ParentalRights.org Team
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I have used this coloring site for years,and I really want to share it with all of you! I know all the Pre-School HomeSchoolers will appreciate this site. This site kept my kids busy while I was trying to get my lessons together and also when it came time to clean house and your husband to come home! I think this is a very good site,my kids have learned so much on there own on this site.
Just click on the graphic and check it out!
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I found this great site, and I wanted to pass it along to you all.
I have never seen a site with so many resourses! I hope you all can use it and enjoy it. I will also put it in my links section.
It is Carls Corner
Just click on the graphic above or click here:
Carl's Corner
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The History Channel is having a special on The History of Christmas. It is a very good History Lesson for the Season. Just click on the picture above and it will take you to the lesson.
They even have a lesson on An Outlaw Christmas with Oliver Cromwell
This is what the kids and I are going to be studying about over next weeks.
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This is something everyone in Texas who HomeSchools in Texas needs to join. This is a Great Service and you get alot of other services when you do join. It is only $100 Dollars for a Year unless you are a member of HomeSchoolLeagalDefenceAssociaton, Then I think it is only $70 Dollars.
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I just wanted to let everyone know about the Family Education Christmas News Letter I got in my email. They have alot of good Christmas Crafts and Recipes and just about anything you might like to do for Christmas. Here is the link to the News letter.
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/
I hope you enjoy doing all the things they have to do.
