Hi Thomas,

I had a great view of it from around Redwood Shores (north of Redwood City), and on my drive all the way to Cupertino...down 101, then 85 (I'm here for a few months).

Hope you're doing well...J
>Hilmar;
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>My wife and I went outside and walked for several miles trying to find the moon. The television news reporters did not mention the area of the sky it would be in. It was a clear evening which is not always the case in Silicon Valley. Well, we missed it. A friend in Santa Cruz saw it and gave a great description. She said her mother and father (who live not far from us) could not see it either.
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>We should have gone to Mt. Hamiliton to see this event as there are too many trees and houses in our flat valley. :)
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>Tom
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>>In Cochabamba, we were lucky on this one. At 9:00 p.m. local time (1:00 UTC) the sky was perfectly clear, when the eclipse was about to start, it started to get a little cloudy, but the clouds dissipated soon, giving perfect visibility.
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>>Quite unfortunate was the fact that the local television stated that the lunar eclipse would start one hour earlier (1:00 UTC). Technically it did - but the entrance of the moon into the Earth's partial shadow is hardly noticeable. A few minutes before 2:03 UTC, one who had observed several lunar eclipses before (namely me) could notice a slight darkening on one side of the moon, but other people claimed it was only the clouds.
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>>So, as a result, several people watched the moon, didn't see anything (once more: the preliminary phase is hardly noticeable), and then went inside, disappointed.
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>>>In the night from Thursday, 15.May, to Friday, 16.May.
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>>>2:03 UTC: The moon starts entering the main shadow of the Earth.
>>>3:14 UTC: The moon is totally covered (still visible, but very dark).
>>>4:06 UTC: Total coverage finishes.
>>>5:17 UTC: The moon exist the main shadow of the Earth.
>>>...