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BigBallerBrand
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 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject: Blood moon tonight? |
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anyone watching this tonight?? should be starting soon at 10:20pm PST and the climax (full eclkipse ) will be at 12:07am
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USCandLakers
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Better watch out for Oozaru.
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Jordan-esque
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Mars is also visible right now, the big non-sparkling red looking "star" closest to the moon. Its not gonna get this close to the Earth again until the year 2267.
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BigBallerBrand
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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does it look red for u guys?\ right now
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frenchbullcho
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm seeing a hint of red |
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City_Dawg
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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It's pretty bloody right now. Amazing stuff.
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DuncanIdaho
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Pretty impressive. Maybe some time soon we'll have men walking there again... |
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DaMuleRules
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| This is looking very cool. For a couple of minutes there, it was quite red. |
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JerryMagicKobe
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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 <---- red moon. Super cool. |
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LarryCoon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Best I could do with my Nikon dslr and a 55-200 lens:
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cisternachyli
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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wow, pretty good  . |
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numero-ocho
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Stayed up to view it. It looked more brown than red from where I was viewing.
With the Earth's shadow on it it was first time I was able to visually perceive the moon as a three dimensional object in space.
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LarryCoon
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| numero-ocho wrote: | | Stayed up to view it. It looked more brown than red from where I was viewing. |
Copper-colored is one way to describe it. The sunlight that's just barely not blocked by the Earth -- which passes through the Earth's atmosphere on its way to the moon -- is scattered by the atmosphere. Just like in a sunset, the short-wavelength light (like blue) is scattered, and the longer wavelength light (like red) passes through more easily.
| Quote: | | With the Earth's shadow on it it was first time I was able to visually perceive the moon as a three dimensional object in space. |
Yep. The northern part of the moon was closer to the center of the Earth's shadow and therefore darker than the moon's southern part. The differences in illumination brings out the moon's sphericity. This does not happen when the moon is fully illuminated. |
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