(Oct 15): Eclipse: There was a rare partial solar eclipse visible where I live on Wednesday (Oct 13), and I took some photos. Normally you can't really see partial eclipses in the middle of the day, because the sun shines so brightly. However this one occured at sunset, so you could see notice it easily. Here are some pics, click for a larger version. This eclipse was visible in Oct 14 in Siberia, Japan, and eastern China, and due to the international dateline, Oct 13 in Hawaii and Western Alaska-- The latter had a great view of over 92% totality at sunset. Also note that in 2 weeks on Oct 27, a total lunar eclipse (earth's shadow covering the full moon) will be visible through Western Europe and most of the Americas. Coincidence? It's not a coincidence if you think about it-- the paths of the sun & moon are now aligned with the sun, so it makes sense that a lunar eclipse will occur in a half a month (i.e. moon cycle) when the moon and Earth have switched places... and because the point of view of the moon will see a ring of red sunset around the Earth, we'll see a dim moon go through reddish sunset hues as it approaches totality.