Eclipsed.moon

tsa · 02-20-2008, 10:17 PM

My.spacebar.is.broken,.so.bear.with.me..

Has.anyone.made.good.pictures.of.the.eclipsed.moon .last.night?.
I.woke.up.when.the.eclipse.was.just.over,.and.it.w as.misty.outside.
sio.I.didnt.take.any.pics.unfortunately.

Intrepid Homoludens · 02-20-2008, 10:55 PM

No pics from me, sorry, only a personal account. Worked the closing shift tonight and after picking my #12 cheeseburger at Johnny Rockets nearby on my break I caught sight of ol' Luna. She seemed a bit, erm.....shy. I actually didn't know there was an eclipse going on, thus if I had been some very religious, illiterate, and highly gullible Christian from the Dark Ages I probably would've suffered a nervous breakdown thinking the devil (or witches or Hillary Clinton or whoever) was in the process of robbing us humble earthly sinners of our only source of nocturnal illumination.

Looked pretty cool regardless and I got home a bit later and only found out it was an eclipse. There went my fantasy of being a very religious, illiterate, and highly gullible Christian from the Dark Ages (except for the Hillary Clinton part).

Jazhara7 · 02-21-2008, 07:38 AM

Well, the moon is still visible even when the eclipse is full, Trepsie, and doesn't go dark like the sun goes during a solar eclipse. It just turns blood red. That's where the term "Bloodmoon" comes from. It's what an eclipse looks like.

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tsa · 02-21-2008, 08:14 AM

Here is a picture I took last time the moon was eclipsed.

Lady Kestrel · 02-21-2008, 12:17 PM

Great pic, tsa! We had snow here in NJ last night and the sky was cloudy, so the moon wasn't visible at all. The last time I saw a lunar eclipse, the moon didn't appear red, but just looked like a huge gray boulder hanging in the sky. The curve of the sphere was easier to see.

02-20-2008, 10:55 PM	#2
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	No pics from me, sorry, only a personal account. Worked the closing shift tonight and after picking my #12 cheeseburger at Johnny Rockets nearby on my break I caught sight of ol' Luna. She seemed a bit, erm.....shy. I actually didn't know there was an eclipse going on, thus if I had been some very religious, illiterate, and highly gullible Christian from the Dark Ages I probably would've suffered a nervous breakdown thinking the devil (or witches or Hillary Clinton or whoever) was in the process of robbing us humble earthly sinners of our only source of nocturnal illumination. Looked pretty cool regardless and I got home a bit later and only found out it was an eclipse. There went my fantasy of being a very religious, illiterate, and highly gullible Christian from the Dark Ages (except for the Hillary Clinton part). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

02-21-2008, 07:38 AM	#3
Jazhara7 Ale! And keep 'em coming! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the Pattern of Reality...or Germany Posts: 8,527	Well, the moon is still visible even when the eclipse is full, Trepsie, and doesn't go dark like the sun goes during a solar eclipse. It just turns blood red. That's where the term "Bloodmoon" comes from. It's what an eclipse looks like. - Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ - "esc(x) cot(x) dx = -csc(x)!" Dennis added, and the wizard's robe caught on fire. "Gosh," Dennis said, "and some people say higher math isn't relevant." >>>Inventor of the Mail order-Assassin<<< And This...is a Black Hole - BYE!

02-21-2008, 08:14 AM	#4
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	Here is a picture I took last time the moon was eclipsed. Share Share this post on Twitter

02-21-2008, 12:17 PM	#5
Lady Kestrel Flower bower bird Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 529	Great pic, tsa! We had snow here in NJ last night and the sky was cloudy, so the moon wasn't visible at all. The last time I saw a lunar eclipse, the moon didn't appear red, but just looked like a huge gray boulder hanging in the sky. The curve of the sphere was easier to see. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

02-20-2008, 10:17 PM	#1
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	Eclipsed.moon My.spacebar.is.broken,.so.bear.with.me.. Has.anyone.made.good.pictures.of.the.eclipsed.moon .last.night?. I.woke.up.when.the.eclipse.was.just.over,.and.it.w as.misty.outside. sio.I.didnt.take.any.pics.unfortunately. Share Share this post on Twitter

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