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Blood Red Moon quite a sight
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| April 15, 2014
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Posted on 04/15/2014 12:39:46 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom
That’s Mars right above the Moon.
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posted on
04/15/2014 12:43:18 AM PDT
by
Deo volente
(God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
Beautiful view at 2:44 AM here. It was well worth staying up to see.
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posted on
04/15/2014 12:44:41 AM PDT
by
CitizenUSA
(Sodomy and abortion: the only constitutional "rights" cherished by Democrats.)
To: Deo volente
Thats Mars right above the Moon.Really. Wow. I'm going out to have another look. Thanks. I'm really not much up on stars and planets other than gazing at them once in a while. Thanks for letting me know that is Mars.
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posted on
04/15/2014 12:48:58 AM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
and that’s Spica just below, in the constellation Virgo,
To: gunsequalfreedom
Photo is getting down to stars of magnitude 9.2 (faint star to lower right of moon in photo).
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posted on
04/15/2014 12:59:18 AM PDT
by
plsvn
To: gunsequalfreedom
Here's a photo I just took within the hour. It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image, if you'll note the placement of the bright edge.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:03:38 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: gunsequalfreedom
I took my daughter to see the lunar eclipse, we live by the ocean, so a marine layer blocked us from the last part...but I just went outside and it’s spectacular. Not a cloud, and the stars are so bright tonight.
(We also saw a raccoon and a coyote in our quest for a streetlampless street to star gaze)
To: gunsequalfreedom
It was beautiful and clear down here in Sarasota.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:15:13 AM PDT
by
ryan71
(The Partisans)
To: dr_lew
It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image
I think you're right. This eclipse is tracking south of the center of the earth's shadow so the northern part of the moon should be darker than the southern part. This is consistent with your photo and ones I'm getting. This illumination is backwards compared to the photo at the top of this thread; yet the faint stars around the moon seem to fit if I guess the photo was taken near the time the thread was begun.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:16:17 AM PDT
by
plsvn
To: dr_lew
It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image
Looking again, I can convince myself the stars don't fit so that photo at the start of this thread can't be tonight's eclipse.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:18:01 AM PDT
by
plsvn
To: gunsequalfreedom
Live northwest of LA, went for a quick run; it was perfectly clear and really a spectacular sight. Blue planet just to the right, bigger one further to the right.
Looked like a Star Wars scene. Very serene where I was running—nothing more peaceful than an ultra-early morning run with the celestial miracles above.
To: gunsequalfreedom
I went out to see the eclipse. The moon was almost fully shadowed but wasn’t red. Went back inside and waited 45 minutes. Still no red. I’m disappointed.
To: Husker8877
Blue planet just to the right, bigger one further to the right.The blue planet is the star Spica, the bigger one is the inimitable Mars, bringer of war.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:36:18 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: redheadtoo
What part of the country do you live? I live in SW Mo, and it was so red (kind of a real dark orange actually) that is was slightly unnerving.
To: redheadtoo
Still no red. Im disappointed.Looked red to me. Well ... sort of a blood red, maybe.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:38:01 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: ConservativeChris; redheadtoo; gunsequalfreedom
Sorry, redheadtoo, that post should have been addressed to gunsequalfreedom.
To: dr_lew
Thanks for the info. Great sight!
To: ConservativeChris
The appearance of the moon in eclipse from different locations on the earth, where the moon is visible at the same time, should be no more different than the view of a movie from different seats in the theater.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:41:39 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: All
My pictures from NW Tucson.
No color adjustments made and all taken hand held at 20x zoom on my cheap Canon. Started at 1/1000 second exposure and ended up at 1 second.
Perfect clear, dry weather and about 63F at midnight.
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posted on
04/15/2014 1:43:04 AM PDT
by
az_gila
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