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See the Moon turn red
On August 28, the Moon will plunge through Earth's shadow, and the United States' West Coast sees the best show.

The spectacular eclipse occurs the morning of August 28. Circumstances favor observers west of the Mississippi, who missed out on the March lunar eclipse. Better still, this event marks the first central lunar eclipse since 2000.

A central eclipse is one where part of the Moon passes through the center of Earth's shadow. This results in a longer-lasting eclipse, and it likely will result in a more darkly colored Moon at totality. The Moon's northern edge passes through the shadow's center, which means its northern half will look noticeably darker than its southern half.

The penumbral part of the eclipse begins at 3:54 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The first hint of shadow won't be visible to East Coast observers until at least 4:30 a.m. Watch the Moon low in the southwest as the limb near Oceanus Procellarum gradually darkens.

The umbral eclipse phase begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT. It takes an hour for the Moon to fully enter Earth's shadow. But by the time it does, twilight brightens the sky. For observers on the East Coast, the Moon sets while totally eclipsed.

The farther west you go, the higher the Moon's altitude during totality. West of the Rockies, observers see all but the eclipse's final penumbral stages. Totality begins at 4:52 a.m. Central Daylight Time, and mideclipse occurs at 5:37 a.m. CDT.

Try estimating the Moon's darkness at mideclipse. French astronomer André Louis Danjon (1890–1967) devised a simple scale for comparing the depth of lunar eclipses. It runs from 0 (the Moon is almost invisible) to 4 (the Moon is a bright, coppery red). See sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse for more details.

The Midwest will see totality in a gradually brightening sky, with the Moon 6° high by totality's end. From cities like Denver, perched along the Great Divide's eastern edge, observers may find mountains block the view during the eclipse's later stages.

The West Coast will see the eclipse in its entirety and high in the sky, well placed for observing. In Hawaii, the eclipse occurs near local midnight August 27/28.

See the Moon turn red (http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=5912&r=rss)

A few verses come to mind, about the moon...........

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day].

Revelation 6:12 When He [the Lamb] broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood.

But most of all...........

Joel 2:30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

The moon turning red (Heavens), the fire in Greece (smoke), war in Iraq  (blood), All before the war of Ezekiel 38 & 39.  But this is my opinion only.  In the mean time.........

2000-Year-Old Meteors to Rain Down on August 31, 2007

Peter Jenniskens, Ph.D.
Meteor Astronomer, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute
SPACE.com Thu Aug 23, 10:30 AM ET

The meteors that are about to rain down in the early morning of September 1 date from around 4 A.D., the latest calculations show.

It is not often that we can tell when a shooting star was first released from a comet into space, to travel as a meteoroid in an orbit around the Sun, and finally collide with Earth's atmosphere to shine as a meteor for our enjoyment. Most meteors that sporadically flash across the sky on a dark moonless night date from anonymous times. Only in recent years have we learned to trace young meteor showers, just a few revolutions old, to their date of origin.

The oldest such shower, but only one revolution old, is due in the early morning of September 1, 2007. Our calculations indicate Earth is about to cross the dust trail of comet Kiess, a comet that takes some 2000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun. The trail is very narrow, so Earth will be hosed by meteoroids for only about an hour and a half. The meteoroids will approach from the direction of the constellation Auriga, the charioteer, in the north-eastern part of the sky, causing a meteor shower called the "Aurigids."

If you spot one of those meteors, you may be only the fourth person alive who is known to have seen this meteor shower. In recent times, the shower was spotted in 1994 by two observers and in 1986 by one observer.

If you are lucky enough to catch a picture of an Aurigid meteor using your digital camera, you will be the very first to do so.

Tips on how to observe meteors and where to report the results can be found at: http://aurigid.seti.org

The shower is visible from only part of the world. If you live in the western parts of the USA, Canada and Mexico, including Hawaii and Alaska, you might spot an Aurigid meteor. Plan to step out around 4 A.M. PDT in the early morning, warmly dressed with a blanket wrapped around your shoulders, away from city smog, with the Moon behind an obstruction, and with a wide view on the sky. Gaze up at the sky, waiting, and you may spot one of these elusive bits of matter that Comet Kiess lost 2000 years ago.

This is your only chance to see this shower; the dust trail is not going to hit again in our lifetime. It is also our best chance yet to test meteor shower prediction models and look for evidence of the crust that a comet is suspected to build up during the time it spends in the Oort cloud. Comets in shorter orbits have long lost this pristine crust.

Jon Giorgini of JPL/Caltech has identified observations of Comet Kiess when it returned in 1911. The orbit is now better determined than before and calculating backwards in time puts the comet near Earth's orbit in 4 A.D., give or take 40 years. It was at that time that the dust was released that we now see as meteors. The dust was ejected in wider orbits than the comet and took somewhat longer to return.

Jeremie Vaubaillon of Caltech calculated where the dust would end up at Earth's orbit on September 1, 2007, if it was ejected in 4 A.D. and he found that, indeed, the dust trail will be in Earth's path. The peak is expected at 11:33 UT, or 4:33 a.m. PDT, give or take 20 minutes.

From past Aurigid showers, we anticipate a shower of mostly -2 to +3 magnitude meteors with a peak Zenith Hourly Rate about 200 per hour during a 10-minute interval, with rates above 100 per hour for only 25 minutes. With a bright Moon in the sky, only 4 days past full, that translates to several tens of chances to make a wish on a meteor from around 4 A.D.

To increase our chances of catching these rare meteors, we will be observing the shower from two Gulfstream GV aircraft (flying at 45,000 ft) on a parallel flight path from Wisconsin, over the Bay Area in California, and on to the Pacific in the early morning of September 1. An international team of 24 researchers will have 21 windows to aim their cameras through. The cameras are of different types, some similar to your own digital camera and camcorder, others using technologies more familiar to cameras used on astronomical telescopes or those in night vision goggles. Near the horizon, we hope to see many more meteors than will be visible from the ground, but each of us will be glad if the shower actually shows.

You can participate in this research by making an effort to photograph or film the Aurigid meteors. Chances are that one of you, not us, will catch the brightest Aurigid out there. Even simple cameras can provide information about how the meteoroids break apart, as each image is composed of three different images: one in blue light, another in green, and one in red. Each color traces different aspects of the meteor's light.

 2000-Year-Old Meteors to Rain Down on August 31, 2007 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070823/sc_space/2000yearoldmeteorstoraindownonaugust312007)

Didn't the moon go red a few months ago?
The blood could be any war or acts of violence.
What is this smoke?

Anyways I will look up  ;D

Well I will post some pictures I took of the moon later, when I'm back on.  In fact if you go outside right now, the moon is blood red!!

My wife and I did see the eclipse of the moon. I wish we had remembered and gone out earlier, but we did watch for awhile at about 0550 Daylight Savings Time. I think we were too late to see things in the peak, but part of the moon looked like a burnt orange color (blood) from our vantage point.

I had one thought while we were watching - the MIGHT and MAJESTY of ALMIGHTY GOD. HE hung all Heavenly objects in place and set them according to HIS Will and purpose. If we look at the Heavens to view HIS handiwork, it's almost impossible not to know about THE GREAT I AM, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, ALMIGHTY GOD. The Heavens are HUGE, but ALMIGHTY GOD also knew when a single sparrow would fall from the sky before the foundation of the world. HE is the KING OF KINGS, and we are HIS children if we have accepted JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOUR.

I also think that the time will be soon for the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. I will look forward in great anticipation to being caught up to meet the LORD in the air. I will love HIS appearing and pray that it will be soon. I do feel sorry for the great hosts of lost people who are in a big hurry for evil. All Christians should pray for them and attempt to share the GOOD NEWS of JESUS CHRIST and the CROSS with them. We should not become discouraged if they reject our message and become angry with us or laugh at us. We should simply pray for more strength and guidance to continue until JESUS takes us home.

Many will also laugh about the signs of the "End Times" of this Age of Grace in Bible Prophecy. There are even many Christians who haven't paid much attention to Bible Prophecy. OR, they have dismissed it as allegory, spiritualized it, or otherwise dismissed it as future reality. It should be noted that there is a good reason for everything in the BIBLE, and nothing should be dismissed. Israel dismissed Old Testament Bible Prophecy and rejected their anointed KING, JESUS CHRIST. Israel has been punished for their rejection, and the worst of their punishment is yet to come. BUT, GOD has Promised that Israel will be restored, and JESUS CHRIST will be accepted as their anointed KING and MESSIAH. Israel will most definitely cry out to GOD and plead to be spared. JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF will rescue Israel in PERSON at HIS Perfect Time! These Promises are the Sure Promises of GOD, and they will be fulfilled perfectly at HIS appointed time.

Love In Christ,
Tom

I remember we had a Lunar eclipse about 5-7 years ago and the moon did turn blood red. It was awesome.

We couldn't see the eclipse, and we probably won't be able to see the meteor shower.  :(

Maybe I did demissed it too quickly.

Hello Brother David,

I wasn't talking about you, rather of millions of Christians who rarely have a thought about Bible Prophecy and the Second Coming of CHRIST. So, please don't take anything in a personal way.

Love In Christ,
Tom

I'm sure it was an awesome sight.  I think these are incredibly exciting times.