Posted on 01/20/2019 6:25:36 PM PST by Redcitizen
Grab your winter coat, some hot cocoa and your kid's telescope on Sunday and head outside because the next super blood wolf moon wont be showing its face for another 18 years.
While the celestial phenomenon sounds like something youd read in a teenage werewolf novel, its actual meaning is derived from multiple sources.
The term "super" refers to the placement of the moon. This month, the moon will be at its closest point to Earths orbit, making it appear larger than normal.
The term "wolf" derives from the Native American nickname for January's full moon and the wolves who "howled in hunger outside the villages," according to the Farmers Almanac.
The term "blood" comes from the way the suns light bends and refracts off the Earth's atmosphere and onto the moons surface, making it appear red or copper at times. This phenomenon, called "Rayleigh scattering," is also what causes the beautiful colors of our sunrises and sunsets as well as what makes our sky look blue. NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California notes, however, that clouds, dust, ash and organic matter in Earths atmosphere may change the expected color of a super wolf blood moon.
"Were not sure what color it will turn. It really depends on the earths atmosphere, whether weve had storms, volcanic eruptions, all sorts of things," explained Dr. David Reitzel, an astronomer and lecturer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
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LOL! I wonder where our resident flat-earthers are, and what their theories are re: the turtles...
ROTFL
Your tip got me to the correct direction. Had to go outside though. Just in time to see moon before clouds came over. 7 degrees here.
We’re going outside now, too!
That was hilarious. I do thank you for the laugh. :)
Sent it to my math major nephew also.
Pretty neat! I’m watching it be all dark here.
The difference is pretty amazing. When the moon rose it shone so brightly down my driveway it looked like a car was turning into it. Now it’s so dark I can barely see the deck beneath my feet when I step out.
I am in the middle of a 2000 acre ranch in N Texas
Too cloudy to see anything so what the hell, I sang to the cattle, 2 flipped me off
I don’t think they know we eat em
Sing out “What’s for dinner?” that’ll really get ‘em ticked off.
Sorry about the cloud cover. It has been cool to watch.
I’m done now though, my neck’s had it with craning back to see it.
Thanks!
Not the same as seeing it myself though...
Who knows - maybe that’s not too far in the future ;-)
The cloud cover lifted. Now I can see the eclipsed moon clearly. And the full Eclipse will be over shortly.
You thawed out yet?
Just went outside here in North East Texas, clear skies, got a real good look. Cold, came back in.
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