Skies were perfectly clear over the Quincy and Hannibal area Thursday night into Friday morning making a perfect time for viewing a historic lunar eclipse. Here are pics I took of the event.

My wife (aka "the smart one") knew this was a historic sky event she did not want to miss. I (aka "barely passed 2nd grade") happen to have a nifty camera with a 50x zoom. She convinced me it was a good idea to get up at 2:45 am to see the lunar eclipse that peaked just after 3a.

Here are my (very tired) pictures:

This was the moon around midnight.

Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday

This is the first pic as the lunar eclipse neared its peak. This was approximately 2:50am.

Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday

Slowly but surely it gets closer to peak. This was just before 3am.

Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday

Finally, this was around 3:02am.

Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday
Photo, Doc Holliday
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Considering this was the longest eclipse of its type in nearly 600 years, was it worth it? Sure. Am I exhausted. That's accurate.

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