Last night at about 8:30 I discovered that there was going to be a total lunar eclipse at 3:37 am this morning, and apparently it's a relatively rare occurrence to see one. I've never seen such a thing, so of course I came up with the bright idea to ride up to Cypress Mountain to photograph the event. Let's just say I'm paying for the missing 3 hours of sleep today.

There was a bit of wispy cloud cover when viewed from Cypress, which was a bit disappointing. The photos are deceiving, the brightness achieved through a long exposure time. At times visibility was zero, so I gave up and went home before it was completely over. Hey, don't think less of me, how many of you did more than peek your head out the window, if that? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Next total eclipse viewable in this area: December 2010. Brrrr.