First Time

The other night I saw a lunar eclipse for the first time. It was really cool and interesting, and also pretty to look at. I had just gotten back from Books A Million with my boyfriend and it was around 6 o'clock and I noticed I didn't see the moon anywhere in the sky. I looked and noticed that the sky had a reddish tint to it, and when I finally got out of the car and got a better view, I finally saw the moon. It was hanging low in the sky and was a rusty red color. At first it caught me off guard because I have some pretty freaky nightmares that include a red moon, but I realized I am an 18 year-old and those are just nightmares. ha So I stood there and stared at the moon for a good minute and went inside, but something inside me just called me back outside. When I gazed at the moon for a second time it looked like the top round part had been cut off. It was black, and I started to notice that the moon kept getting slowly covered by this blackness, and it hit me that this was a lunar eclipse! After the moon was completely black, it started to slowly reappear, except instead of being rusty red, it was a rusty orange. I thought that was really cool. I love the moon. It is such a pretty sight to see in the vast night sky. Especially when the night is clear and you can see the sparkling little diamond-like stars complementing its beauty.