Posted on 03/04/2025 12:10:38 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Why does this Moon look so unusual? A key reason is its vivid red color. The color is caused by the deflection of blue light by Earth's atmosphere -- the same reason that the daytime sky appears blue. The Moon also appears unusually distorted. Its strange structuring is an optical effect arising from layers in the Earth's atmosphere that refract light differently due to sudden differences in temperature or pressure. A third reason the Moon looks so unusual is that there is, by chance, an airplane flying in front. The featured picturesque gibbous Moon was captured about two weeks ago above Turin, Italy. Our familiar hovering sky orb was part of an unusual quadruple alignment that included two historic ground structures: the Sacra di San Michele on the near hill and Basilica of Superga just beyond.
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Beautiful.
However, I seem to remember a Bible verse talking about the Moon appearing “as blood” during a certain point in our planet’s history. Not a hugely comforting prospect.
Wow.
Looks like the Basilica is floating in air.
I have heard of the Northern light appearing as blood red and is considered that this is a sign of bad omens. This appeared in 1939 right before Hitler invaded Poland.
The only time I have seen the Northern Lights was in North Texas one winter morning.
Sometime during the mid 60’s a friend and his father, and me and my father went on a camping and fishing trip in north western Quebec. The fishing was fantastic, and the weather was perfect. On our last night we were having a fish fry, pike and walleye. Around 11:00 pm the night sky just became a show like I’ve never seen. Brilliant colors swerving and flashing around. We were planning to do a bit of fishing the next morning before packing up. My dad who was from Minnesota and had seen the northern lights many times said, you won’t catch anything until tomorrow or so, after the lights. We tried, but he was right. Not a bite.
Wild story about the fishing. We were heading out to go duck hunting and do not remember how the hunt went. Maybe the electromagnetic field had something to do with the bad fishing?
I don’t know, but what was fantastic fishing just went to nothing, not a single strike. I’ve been back there since, a few times and the fishing was excellent as usual.
Wow, I had no idea -- thanks for that info! I find that type of stuff fascinating.
Breath taking !!
Nice.
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