The Sun shall be turned into darkness and the MOON TO BLOOD before the GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD (Joel 2:31)

Others have commented on the lunar eclipse on Tuesday 28 August 2007, but they may be interested in the article below.  The timing is daunting, remembering that for Australia, as the article notes, this will be the last opportunity to see a lunar eclipse in its entirety until 2001.  The weather in parts of Australia is also amazing -- following drought conditions, location on the ‘Sunshine Coast’ (north of Brisbane) had 28 inches of rain in 24 hours! (more than Canberra’s annual average rainfall). 

Lunar eclipse to turn moon blood red

Scott Casey | August 23, 2007    (from Brisbanetimes.com.au)

The moon will turn blood red on Tuesday, but don't worry - it's not the end of the world.  It's simply a lunar eclipse - one of the few cosmic events easily visible from Earth.  Anglo-Australian Observatory astronomer in charge, Fred Watson, said next Tuesday night's eclipse would be spectacular, providing the weather was clear.

"When you get one in the early evening they do tend to focus people's attention on the sky and remind people that we live in a universe that is something much bigger than just the Earth," Mr Watson said.  hile lunar eclipses are not uncommon, Mr Watson said the opportunity to see them from beginning to end was relatively rare.  "The next total lunar eclipse we can see from beginning to end after this one will be in 2011."  The last lunar eclipse that Australians could see in its entirety was in 2000.

A lunar eclipse occurs over an entire hemisphere of the Earth at once - when the Earth moves in front of the moon, blocking the sun's light and casting its shadow over the moon.  "The thing that will be most interesting is the moon itself. Light filters through the Earth's atmosphere and the falls on the moon, because it has gone through Earth's atmosphere the blue element is removed, leaving red light.

"So the moon will be dimly illuminated, but a coppery colour, which should be spectacular.  The lunar eclipse will start at about 6.50pm on Tuesday August 28 and by 7.50pm the moon will be totally obscured by the Earth's shadow.  At about 9.23pm, the moon will start to reappear, becoming completely visible by about 10.30pm.  Mr Watson said people keen to see next week's cosmic event should turn their eyes eastwards.