Another total lunar eclipse is happening tonight - and certainly some of our night owl teammates will get the opportunity to see this, Minnie.
From Business Insider today:
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, you will get the chance to see one of the rarest types of lunar eclipse, called a selenelion or horizontal eclipse. But you have to be quick — the crazy light trick will only be visible for a short period between two and nine minutes.
Most of the time, a lunar eclipse will occur well before sunrise, but that won't be the case on Wednesday morning. The Earth will pass between the sun and moon, eclipsing the moon in the process, which will begin at 6:25 a.m. EDT and last through sunrise, but only on the east coast.
That means during a brief window people on the east coast of the country will be able to see the sun rise and moon set at the same time. This rare event is referred to as a selenelion or horizontal eclipse.
There are plenty of times throughout the year when both the sun and moon are visible during the day. But during a lunar eclipse the chance to see both the sun and moon simultaneously is extremely rare. This is because, geometrically speaking, this kind of phenomenon should not be possible.
A sunrise. Now imagine turning 180 and seeing a moon-set. That's "selenelion."
A lunar eclipse is one of the only times that the moon and sun are exactly 180 degrees apart on Earth's sky, which means that right after the moon sets, the sun should rise, making it technically impossible to see both at once.
But a simple trick of the light changes everything, and as a result, crafty observers can see this wild, and otherwise impossible, event.
Observers in Australia, western Asia, islands in the Pacific Ocean, and much of North America will get the chance to observe the lunar eclipse. However, only a few regions on Earth will have the chance to see the selenelion, so check to see if your sunrise and moonset times overlap tomorrow morning. Rats - Denver's do not overlap by much. 7:03 sunrise and 7:14 moonset. Baz has a viewing chance with a three minute differential between moonset and sunrise (although I do get confused about what day is what across that dateline, and whether the lunar eclipse is on the 8th or 9th there....).
Because Earth's atmosphere refracts, or bends, light at a certain angle near the horizon, it creates an optical illusion that makes both the sun and moon appear slightly higher in the sky and therefore less than 180 degrees apart. As a result, we get a tiny window where we can see both celestial orbs simultaneously.
Unless you are atop a mountain or sailing in the middle of the ocean, however, you might be hard pressed to catch this trick of the light. You need to be in a spot where you can clearly see both the east and west horizons. But if you are in such a spot, you'll catch an especially rare sight of a setting eclipsed moon with a rising sun.
Keep going, keep going!
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Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with the Fall Challenge Team! Getting close to 8 million and we know that is a lucky and memorable number!
Season meters as of 159/365 = 39,353,929 m
Total meters on the day = 344,240 m
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
3.05 MM Ed
1.25 MM Joe
700 K Danno
650 K Jon C
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all our teammates!
Ross 4,324 m
K2 
m ... a K2vian palindrome! I know. I made up the word.
Cathie 4,500 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Patrick 5,641 m
David T 6,000 m
Jeff D 6,032 m
David W (AZ) 6,497 m
Karyn 7,074 m
Andre 7,105 m
Jon C 7,251 m
Bernie 8,014 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Mikkel 10,000 m
Stuart 10,815 m
m ... hula hula palindrome!
Barry 11,034 m
Sarah H 12,000 m
Dan W 
m .. whovian palindrome!
Mike C 15,000 m
Danno 18,617 m
Steve G 20,060 m
bg 22,086 m
Ed 
m ... a chameleon palindrome....hahahaha!
David A 31,394 m
Joe 53,168 m ....leads the way in all the FTC meters for us!
And....of special note: 
! Congratulations to Danno on the delivery of another healthy grandson - that makes three grandbabies for him! Whoop, whoop and hooyah!
Mikkel 21,097 m
