A rare upside to insomnia.

[LAHs]

This is a bit off track but I wanted to share it with everyone. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night. I do not have insomnia in general but last night I did. My bedroom is on the second floor and a big window faces west - and my house is on a hill. I woke about 3:30am, opened my eyes sleepily, looked out of my window and there was an eclipse of the moon!!!! Right there for the looking at - without even getting out of bed! So there you are, have a thyroid problem and you might get to see unusual things.

[Anthea55]

Wow! how splendid! Where do you live?

[LAHs in reply to Anthea55]

West coast of USA. Probably not visible from Europe - sorry. It was so remarkable, at first I thought the hills were on fire (again!) because the moon looked dark red. Then I thought maybe it was foggy, but no, I could see next doors quite clearly. I then realized it was the penumbral stage of an eclipse which then gave way to a typical eclipse sequence. A big unexpected thrill, not what you usually get to see when you wake up and have to go pee.

[Anthea55 in reply to LAHs]

Thanks for telling us about it. No rush to go back to sleep after that.

Best wishes.

[foxglove in reply to LAHs]

I live in N Wales (Europe of course) and experienced the same when I got up at 3.30 for loo. Only the moon wasn't red, sort of orangey yellow but spectacular none the less!

[LAHs in reply to foxglove]

Oh that's great! I am so glad others got to see it too.