Posted on 01/23/2018 4:53:28 PM PST by Elderberry
On Wednesday, Jan. 31st, there's going to be a "Blue Moon"the second full Moon in a calendar month. People who go outside to look may see a different hue: bright orange. This Blue Moon is going to be eclipsed, swallowed by copper-colored shadow of Earth for more than an hour. The eclipse will be visible from Asia, Australia, and most of North America.
The bright orange color of the eclipse may be chalked up to volcanic activityor rather, lack thereof. Atmospheric scientist Richard Keen from the University of Colorado explains:
"During a lunar eclipse, most of the light illuminating the Moon passes through Earth's stratosphere where it is reddened by scattering," he says. "If the stratosphere is loaded with dust from volcanic eruptions, the eclipse will be dark. The cataclysmic explosion of Tambora in 1815, for instance, turned the Moon into a dark, starless hole in sky during two subsequent eclipses."
But Earth is experiencing a bit of a volcanic lull. We haven't had a major volcanic blast since 1991 when Mt Pinatubo awoke from a 500 year slumber and sprayed ten billion cubic meters of ash, rock and debris into Earth's atmosphere. Recent eruptions have been puny by comparison and have failed to make a dent on the stratosphere. To Keen, the interregnum means one thing: "This eclipse is going to be bright and beautiful."
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I’m pretty sure I heard about there being two super moons
this month.
I’m going to quit my job and invest my 401k in popcorn...
I only drink Folgers Crystals. If it’s good enough for a fancy restaurant in upstate ny (Tavern on the Green), then it’s good enough for me.
Super Moon, Folgers Crystals, and pop corn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91IlMsIJGUU
At present, I'm using this pic from the last full moon as my desktop wallpaper. The tiny white specks towards the bottom were where the moonlight sparkled on the frost-covered leaves. It was SO COLD that night.
Alright Mr Bookman!
That pic is AWESOME!
I can’t wait to see the ones you’ll take of this eclipse!
Thanks for sharing!
That would make for a great cover photo for a Stephen King novel!
Nah! He’s a snotty lib!
Winter is coming!!
A GOTS cover!
LOL
(George RR Martin is a lib too)
*disgusted sigh*
Glad you like the pic. My favorite so far is one I got of the Dec. supermoon. It was my wallpaper for a month. I tend to get bored and swap out fairly regularly. LOL
It will be an all-American Supermoon red, white & blue!
If King wants it, it’s gonna cost him some $$$! LOL! Hey, libs want to rip us off, why not do the same in return? :-)
Lunar eclipses are creepy. The moon has this 3-D look to it and it is weird orangy red color. I can see why primitives freaked out over these events.
Another band from the ‘80s I missed out on. Cool stuff.
That was pure awesome...
I’ll celebrate with a Belgian White.
Blue moon....you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon....you knew just what I was there for
You saw me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only only one my heart could ever hold
I heard somebody whisper “Please adore me”
And when I looked the moon had turned to gold
Blue moon....now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
(popular song from the 1930s)
A lunar trifecta: 1) super 2) blue 3) blood moon - kinda special.
:)
Lunar eclipses...I don’t get it, solar eclipses...who f’n cares!
I like Rainbows. But nobody calls them Super, Blue, once in a 30 yr... Rainbows don’t get enough respect.
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