How We Nearly Missed The "Blood Moon," Live from Our Backyard

SCENE: Our bedroom, Monday, midnight.

MARIA: Hey, we don't want to go outside, right? We already saw the moon on the news, that's enough, right?

MIKE: Yeah. But maybe we should go outside anyway, just in case.

MARIA: OK. [Not quite convinced] Let's do it.

They climb out of bed and slowly make their way to the back door. Right outside, they immediately see the moon. It's copper red. Worth it.

Above and below, pics taken in our backyard at around 12:10 a.m.