One of my favorite things about this time of year is seeing Orion, Gemini, and the Pleiades on a clear morning. This morning I left the house a little before 6am on the way to teach an early morning yoga class. The street was wet and littered with leaves from last night's heavy rain.
As I started up the street, I looked up and saw a bright planet overhead. I was a bit startled by it, as I had expected it to still be cloudy, or the sky to be hazy with moisture at least. I looked up where I thought Orion would be, and was greeted with a clear, bright view. Even the Pleiades, which are usually a fuzzy glow to my naked eye, were brighter and sharper than normal. I looked back to the north and saw the Big Dipper standing on it's handle, and Polaris off to the west.
The moon caught my attention next. Setting down toward the west, the lower right crescent was lit, but the shadowed part was brighter than usual with an odd colored glow. I was seeing the blood moon eclipse, thought I didn't know that until a bit later.
Certainly the most stunning sky view for me in a long time.
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