she is considering retiring after she failed to finish a ski race in cortina in italy. 34—year—old ms vonnrd of 86 wins, but she‘s been plagued by injuries in recent years. she had previously said she would retire in december. kim gittleson has more. it wasn‘t supposed to end this way. but after lindsey vonn failed to finish a super—g ski race in cortina, italy, she said it was possible that this event might have been her last. announcer: lindsey vonn! a superstar in the ski world, ms vonn had previously said she planned to retire in december, due to chronic knee injuries and persistent pain. even before the race began, it was clear that it would be an emotional weekend. on saturday, she was moved to tears after organisers surprised her with a highlight reel of her historic 12 wins on the course. thank you! cheering and applause. woman: we love you, lindsey! thank you. lindsey vonn has won three olympic medals, four overall world cup championships and an astounding 82 professional titles — that‘s the most of any woman, and just four short of the overall record. she‘s a household name in am

although ms vonn said she hadn't fully decided yet, skywatchers are gearing up for a lunar eclipse that'svisible in many parts of the world. this is the scene live in los angeles. we believe we are in a partial eclipse stage. at some point after that, it will start to go red. walter freeman is an assistant teaching professor of physics. he joined merely to explain about this phenomenon. starting at about 10:33 new york time, the earth's shadow is going to start to pass in front of the moon, so usually when the moon is full, the sun shines directly on it and we see the entire disk of the moon lit up. but if earth is in the way, it will block the sunlight, so starting at about 10:33, the earth's shadow will move from the bottom left to the top right and cover the entire moon, until 10:40 eastern us time. the entire moon will be covered by the sun's shadow. that's going to stay for about an hour, and then the shadow is going to leave from the top right. and when the moon is completely eclipsed, when the earth's shadow completely falls over it, a tiny amount of red light will leak around the

although ms vonn said she hadn‘t fully decided yet, in an interview with swiss tv, she said: a possiblyies,... skywatchers are gearing up for a lunar eclipse that‘s due to begin very shortly. it‘s called a ‘super blood wolf moon‘ and should be visible in many parts of the world. walter freeman is assistant teaching professor of physics at syracuse university and has written extensively about the super blood moon. he joins me from new york. walter, thank you for your time and first of all, can you tell us what some people are going to be seeing this evening? starting at about 10:33 new york times the earth‘s shadow will start to pass in front of the moon are normally when the moon is full the sun shines click on it and we see the entire disk of the moon set up but if it is in the way it will the sunlight so starting at 10:33 the earth‘s shadow will move from the bottom of africa to the top right and cover the entire moon until about 10:40 eastern us time and the entire moon will be covered by the sun shadow and it will stay for about an hour by the sun shadow and it will stay foraboutan

she is considering retiring, after she failed to finish a ski race in cortina in italy. 34—year—old ms vonn would retire in december. kim gittleson has more. it wasn't supposed to end this way. but after lindsey vonn failed to finish a super—g ski race in cortina, italy, she said it was possible that this event might have been her last. announcer: lindsey vonn! she planned to retire in december, thank you. women's skiing, inspiring the next generation — like sunday's winner, fellow american mikaela shiffrin. although ms vonn said she hadn't fully decided yet, in an interview with swiss tv, she said that: a possibly abrupt end to an historic run. kim gittleson, bbc news. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these beautiful pictures from china, of a huge icicle waterfall in mount tai in shandong province. with temperatures below zero, the waterfall has frozen over the 80m—high cliffs, creating this spectacular crystal wonderland. the blood moon is called will because that is the name of the special noon injanuary. that is the romantic name given to it. if you can get outside, do go a