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Lunar Eclipse to Occur in "Prime Time" Wednesday
National Geographic News ^
| February 18, 2008
| John Roach
Posted on 02/19/2008 1:34:06 AM PST by kingattax
The Hollywood writers' strike may be over, but perhaps the best prime-time show this Wednesday night is in the sky: a total lunar eclipse.
The moon will be completely submerged in Earth's shadow from 10:01 to 10:51 p.m. ET.
"It's very well placed for the U.S.," said Fred Espenak, an astrophysicist and eclipse expert at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The celestial spectacle is visible throughout the Americas as well as during the wee hours of Thursday morning in Europe, most of Africa, and western Asia.
All told, well over a billion people will have the opportunity to view the show, according to Espenak.
Eclipse Dynamics
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon form a nearly straight line in space. The alignment causes the full moon to pass through Earth's shadow.
The moon doesnt completely disappear, because some sunlight scatters around the edge of Earth's atmosphere and reaches the moon.
"It usually glows as an eerie, coppery red disk in the sky," Sky and Telescope magazine explained in a media statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eclipse; lunareclipse
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02/19/2008 1:34:08 AM PST
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kingattax
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02/19/2008 1:36:28 AM PST
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antceecee
(where do we go from here Ollie?.)
To: kingattax
I'm sure that the moonbats will be out in force that night...
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02/19/2008 3:39:50 AM PST
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bill1952
(I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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02/19/2008 4:30:02 AM PST
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Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush in 2008, they have nothing else. Mark my words.)
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02/19/2008 4:30:34 AM PST
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Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: kingattax
To: Finalapproach29er
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
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02/19/2008 4:35:27 AM PST
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P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: kingattax
marking my spot for a later read
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02/19/2008 4:42:55 AM PST
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PennsylvaniaMom
(I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
To: Finalapproach29er
I don’t disagree, but what does that have to do with this thread?
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02/19/2008 6:46:29 AM PST
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Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: P8riot
Thanks for posting that; I was about to look for that verse.
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02/19/2008 8:31:27 AM PST
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Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush in 2008, they have nothing else. Mark my words.)
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02/19/2008 8:32:33 AM PST
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Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush in 2008, they have nothing else. Mark my words.)
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02/19/2008 8:34:42 AM PST
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scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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