Thanks to Sandy, we learned that there was a total eclipse of the moon. What an amazing sight. It was clear and we saw the moon literally go from bright to dark red in 10 minutes and then back again. NASA has a terrific site that explains it and tells you exactly when and what is happening. We were right there at 7:45-7:50 and saw totality. There is even a javascript lunar eclipse explorer application that will help you figure out where the moon is. How cool is that. You can actually go as far as a thousand years from now in 3000AD and see where the eclipse is.
If you missed it and live in North America, you'll have to wait for two more years until 21 Dec 2010 .gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Dec21T.GIF for the next one. 
