On the playa this year, we had a handful of astronomical events take place -- the lunar eclipse (and Aurigids a few night later, which I slept though, grr). Along with the full moon on Monday, 27 August - Tuesday, 28 August (at 2:35am Pacific Time, if you're counting), we were graced with a lunar eclipse between 1:51am and 5:24am, with the mid-eclipse at 3:37am. I set an alarm and woke Tubby to carry me to my camera (I didn't want to get dirty at that hour).

The full moon rising over the playa, right around 8:41pm PDT on Monday, 27 August.	The lunar eclipse, of course, doesn't photograph well, and certainly doesn't care for being made small -- so click to view the pics.