#3, Mars and the blood moon
Last Friday night, about 21:30 local time. Me and #3 were walking through the city. We climbed the stairs to the roof of a car park, 12 storeys high.
We found about 70–80 other people already on the roof. Some were having a picnic on an empty parking lot. One guy had climbed onto some higher structure on top of the roof. He sat there crosslegged, quietly smoking, looking to the south-east while the sun came down.
The surveillance cameras must have seen us all but no guards came.
At 21:15 the moon should have been over the horizon but we had to wait a while longer since there were some tall buildings to the south-east. Then it slowly rose above them, the blood moon! We hung around for a while longer, #3 jumping up and down in excitement, and then we saw Mars as well. Really, really clear, slightly orange and beaming towards us.
I think I only had pointed out Jupiter and Venus to her before. She was really excited to be able to see Mars.
Written by MC on Pungenday, the 67 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3184 ().