Posted on 04/03/2015 11:19:30 AM PDT by Perdogg
Early risers and people who plan to party until dawn -- take notice.
The United States has prime seats for a lunar eclipse set to take over the skies early Saturday morning, marking the third in a tetrad, a series of four eclipses.
The lunar spectacle will be the shortest in a century, lasting four minutes and 43 seconds.
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Lunar eclipses result from orbital mechanics, and are predictable long in advance. As emotional as they can be to view they are hardly supernatural.
There will be a total lunar eclipse on June 10, 2150. What event does that portend?
“It’s odd that we make such a big deal about this. “
These events can be dramatic to see. Also, if your population does not know astronomy, math, or science and generally pay little attention to the sky, those who do can take advantage of this to frighten or amaze people.
This kind of creeps me out with all of the unchecked barbarism going on in so many places. If we lived in less scientifically knowledgeable times, it would seem to be a warning.
Whether you see an eclipse or not really depends on being in the right place at the right time when they occur. I can't remember a total solar eclipse in my lifetime in which I was in an area to view it.
I think the last total solar eclipse viewed from the New York City metro area was in 1925 and the next one won't be until 2079.
Unless I live to a very long age or if I move to another part of the world, I'll likely never see one.
Bump for later
Thanks Perdogg, extra to APoD.
Take a train to St Louis for the 2017 eclipse, it goes right across America.
I think people attached religious significance because they did not know what caused the events. The Earth was fixed and the sun and moon went around it, the stars were attached to “the firmament”. So when suddenly the sun is blotted out or the moon goes dark, after you run out of logical explanations (within that framework) religion has to be the answer.
The Central Americans and some of the South American ancient civilizations could predict eclipses and conjunctions, but it looks like these were tools used by the elites to keep the proletariat in line. I have seen no evidence that the Middle East or what’s now Europe could predict an eclipse until maybe the 1500’s (I’m guessing).
Since this one is so short, maybe that implies that the Iranians will break there nuclear deal quicker.
[There will be a total lunar eclipse on June 10, 2150. What event does that portend?]
Don’t count on it.
I thought it is supposed to be 4:44.
A prophetic rabbi has some words on it, too.
Strange question, I know, but I am not in my usual place in California.
Has anyone seen an on line map of the total eclipse path?
I am in Costa Rica.
Thanks for posting this!
Poodle alarm is set to 4:55 anm
Old wifey’s tale.. When the eclipse starts, They say if ya eat a blood orange and bark like a dog, ya’ll turn into a bat for a day.
2151?
I picked a time way out in the future. If a lunar eclipse marks some significant event it’s already planned, since we know when the eclipse marking the event happens.
Looks to have the best info here: http://earthsky.org/tonight/shortest-total-lunar-eclipse-of-the-century-on-april-4-2015
bkmk
Half way through it. Go look. Began at 2am and should end around 7am
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