Miss the eclipse? Australia's ABC has full coverage here. 

One of the best ways to learn to appreciate the Earth's natural beauty is to look skyward from time to time, and August has been a particularly fruitful month for backyard astronomers.

We were treated to the annual Perseid meteor shower just two weeks ago. And Tuesday morning, U.S. time, early risers will be treated to the year's second total lunar eclipse.

Viewers in the western states and across the Pacific will get the best seats this time as the moon slips into Earth's shadow and takes on a reddish "copper penny" glow. To North American observers, the eclipse will take place as the moon is setting in the west, just before sunrise.

Read the rest of this article to find your local your local viewing times.

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A smile for your weekend, courtesy of Brandcamp. Click through to read more about cartoonist Tom Fishburne.

It's the next-to-last weekend of summer for those of us in the United States, since Labor Day is the traditional season wrap-up.

So most of last week's Daily Footsteps had to do with getting ready for autumn. There's colder weather ahead, longer nights -- and still a little bit of time to make adjustments in our lifestyles and energy habits for the change of season.

If you happened to miss one of our daily tips, not to worry: we've rounded them up for you right here. Click through to the article and get a jump on autumn! 

LED lighting is our energy-efficient future.

So when the folks at EarthLED.com approached Lighter Footstep to do a sponsored review of their line of LED-based consumer lighting, we jumped at the chance to actually put our hands on these remarkable devices and share our impressions.

We requested two things as conditions for accepting this review: the editorial opinions will be entirely our own, and EarthLED.com should supply actual consumer samples of their bulbs, so we could evaluate their workmanship and light quality. The folks at EarthLED.com were quick to comply.  And here's the result of our investigation.