Super Lunar Eclipse

This year, as you may have noticed, a large part of the world was able to experience a Super Moon and a Lunar Eclipse at the same time.
If you didn't already read thousands of articles about it, a Super Moon occurs when the moon is in it's closest part of orbit to the Earth. Because of this it appears approximately 14% larger than usual. A Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Earth is positioned just right in between the moon and the sun. It casts a shadow over the moon and sometimes even a faint red glow over our nocturnal, celestial friend.

Photos taken from my roommate, Addison Frazier's, cellphone through a telescope.

My original plan to watch this event take place was to sit in the courtyard of my building with smores and blankets and friends, however my plans never go the way I want them to. Instead I was helping my family change the alternator in my car (YAY my car's fixed! Read Alternations part 2 for more information) and we weren't finished until almost 9PM. By now the eclipse had started forming the moon into a slowly shrinking crescent shape, and I was desperately trying to get back on campus before the total eclipse happened.
Luckily, I was able to make it back just in time. I saw the red, shadow-y, I-guess-it-was-a-little-bigger, Super Lunar Eclipse. My friend James Tyler and I sat on a blanket next to a few other college students and watched it. I tried to take photos of my own, but my lack of telescope made them all look pretty terrible.
It may not have been the grand spectacle I had planned, instead it was a rushed kind of thing, but this particular lunar event isn't slated to happen again until 2033. Regardless of how, I'm glad I got to see it. Hopefully in 2033, my planning skills are better.
-Allie