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BLUE MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE
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| 1/24/2018
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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To: radu
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:08:54 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
That should be an interesting combination, Sis! Thanks for the ping! :)
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:09:32 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Professional
I have pics of rainbows bisected by lightning.
I have night vision of comet Halle bops tail bisected by a Meteor
Point is No one looks to the sky in wonder anymore.
They are all staring at an astronomy app on their IPhone, and they watch it the following day or week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZqVWGB26U
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:17:47 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: LUV W
I got lucky with it. It was so flippin’ cold that night, I almost didn’t go out. But right before going to bed, I just couldn’t stand it. HAD to get at least a couple of shots of the moon. LOL! It was around 5 a.m. when I got it.
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:18:16 PM PST
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Professional
I like Rainbows. But nobody calls them Super, Blue, once in a 30 yr... Rainbows dont get enough respect. Show me a rainbow in the dark...
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:27:56 PM PST
by
null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
To: null and void
I broke into a Rainbow show in Watertown Ct in 83 It was OK
Have the Elf LPs
They were ok, not the soundtrack of mylife
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:34:01 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: All
47
posted on
01/23/2018 6:37:02 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: null and void
To: All
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posted on
01/23/2018 6:43:26 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Elderberry
We're going to get a total lunar eclipse in Idaho. It's going to be very low in the western sky in the early morning hours. Track down a website, enter your location and get the event times to see if it is worth getting up to see.
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posted on
01/23/2018 7:33:51 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Professional
The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 was very cool just north of Idaho Falls. Had 2 minutes, 15 seconds of totality. I left my house in Pocatello at 11:30 AM and was perfectly positioned by 12:15 PM. The "totality" was over by 12:42 PM. I was back in my driveway by 1:30 PM. The mass of humanity that came to observe caused huge traffic jams for a couple days. Locals zipped right on by the jams using the backroads.
The next total eclipse on US soil will require travel to Texas. I'm not certain that kind of drive is worth the effort. A 60 mile one-way drive up to Idaho Falls was totally worth taking the day off to see it.
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posted on
01/23/2018 7:39:26 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: mylife
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posted on
01/24/2018 4:12:27 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: wally_bert
Mine... Meade 2045 4" Schmidt-Cassegrain
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posted on
01/24/2018 4:20:22 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: central_va
It will come NO where close to the 100% SOLAR eclipse I experienced in Kentucky last year!!
Partials are ok; but do NOT raise the hair on ya!
“We drove 4 hours for 2 1/2 minutes?”
—Wifey quote
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posted on
01/24/2018 4:24:14 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Professional
55
posted on
01/24/2018 4:25:05 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: null and void
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posted on
01/24/2018 4:25:56 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
I’d probably be better off with yours.
That 102 is a sensitive bear to move.
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:06:09 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: wally_bert
I’ve fairly dark sky in my neighborhood. Closest house is 1/5 mile away behind some woods. others are 1/2 to 1 mile away.
There is still plenty of light on the horizon from surrounding towns: closest about 7 miles.
Indianapolis puts a BIG glow to the west!
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:27:49 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
I have a fair view of night sky where I am in the burbs.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:04:57 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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