Early morning rowers (or I suppose pretty much anyone who gets up early, but who cares about them) have a chance to catch an extremely rare and technically "impossible" celestial phenomenon on Wednesday morning - a "selenelion" eclipse, in which the sun and moon are exactly 180 degrees opposite one another relative to the Earth. This will cause a total lunar eclipse right at sunrise, which will also be moonset, of course.
The "impossible" part comes into play because, if the sun and moon are actually 180 degrees opposite, you wouldn't be able to see them at the same time, as the Earth would be "in the way." But due to light bending through the atmosphere, it will be possible for some folks.
For rowers, the tricky part is that observers tend to need to be at a bit of a higher elevation to be able to see over any trees, hills, buildings, etc., and to have a full 180-degree view of the two horizons. When you are down low in a boat, this can be hard to fulfill, save for folks who row on very open waters.
But if you are up and awake, maybe you can climb the boathouse roof and catch it; if you do, send us your photos and we'll post them - especially if you can get some rowing/oars/boats/something signifying rowing in there.
Some links to more info and how to see it all go down (or up, as the case may be):
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