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Blood Red Moon quite a sight
Timeanddate.com ^ | April 15, 2014 | GEF

Posted on 04/15/2014 12:39:46 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom

It was brightly lit night. The moon was white and full. I'm getting ready to turn in for the night and I notice it is dark outside. I go out in the yard, look up and there is this most spectacular sight. The moon is red!

The sky is a clear and cloud fee as can be. One star next to the moon seems blue and another almost the same red as the moon.

It is quiet outside. A couple dogs barking in the distance but otherwise really still. I don't usually get too excited by events like this but I gazed at the moon for quite a while tonight.

From the graphic at the link, we are right in the middle of the red most shading of the moon where I am. The website sure is right. It is red.



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1 posted on 04/15/2014 12:39:46 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom

That’s Mars right above the Moon.


2 posted on 04/15/2014 12:43:18 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Beautiful view at 2:44 AM here. It was well worth staying up to see.


3 posted on 04/15/2014 12:44:41 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Sodomy and abortion: the only constitutional "rights" cherished by Democrats.)
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To: Deo volente
That’s Mars right above the Moon.

Really. Wow. I'm going out to have another look. Thanks. I'm really not much up on stars and planets other than gazing at them once in a while. Thanks for letting me know that is Mars.

4 posted on 04/15/2014 12:48:58 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

and that’s Spica just below, in the constellation Virgo,


5 posted on 04/15/2014 12:55:37 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Photo is getting down to stars of magnitude 9.2 (faint star to lower right of moon in photo).


6 posted on 04/15/2014 12:59:18 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Here's a photo I just took within the hour. It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image, if you'll note the placement of the bright edge.


7 posted on 04/15/2014 1:03:38 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I took my daughter to see the lunar eclipse, we live by the ocean, so a marine layer blocked us from the last part...but I just went outside and it’s spectacular. Not a cloud, and the stars are so bright tonight.

(We also saw a raccoon and a coyote in our quest for a streetlampless street to star gaze)


8 posted on 04/15/2014 1:05:01 AM PDT by porter_knorr
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To: gunsequalfreedom

It was beautiful and clear down here in Sarasota.


9 posted on 04/15/2014 1:15:13 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: dr_lew
It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image

I think you're right. This eclipse is tracking south of the center of the earth's shadow so the northern part of the moon should be darker than the southern part. This is consistent with your photo and ones I'm getting. This illumination is backwards compared to the photo at the top of this thread; yet the faint stars around the moon seem to fit if I guess the photo was taken near the time the thread was begun.
10 posted on 04/15/2014 1:16:17 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: dr_lew
It seems to be entirely inconsistent with the posted image

Looking again, I can convince myself the stars don't fit so that photo at the start of this thread can't be tonight's eclipse.
11 posted on 04/15/2014 1:18:01 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Live northwest of LA, went for a quick run; it was perfectly clear and really a spectacular sight. Blue planet just to the right, bigger one further to the right.

Looked like a Star Wars scene. Very serene where I was running—nothing more peaceful than an ultra-early morning run with the celestial miracles above.


12 posted on 04/15/2014 1:30:00 AM PDT by Husker8877
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I went out to see the eclipse. The moon was almost fully shadowed but wasn’t red. Went back inside and waited 45 minutes. Still no red. I’m disappointed.


13 posted on 04/15/2014 1:33:13 AM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: Husker8877
Blue planet just to the right, bigger one further to the right.

The blue planet is the star Spica, the bigger one is the inimitable Mars, bringer of war.

14 posted on 04/15/2014 1:36:18 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: redheadtoo

What part of the country do you live? I live in SW Mo, and it was so red (kind of a real dark orange actually) that is was slightly unnerving.


15 posted on 04/15/2014 1:36:56 AM PDT by ConservativeChris (I feel like Marvin Boggs!)
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To: redheadtoo
Still no red. I’m disappointed.

Looked red to me. Well ... sort of a blood red, maybe.

16 posted on 04/15/2014 1:38:01 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: ConservativeChris; redheadtoo; gunsequalfreedom

Sorry, redheadtoo, that post should have been addressed to gunsequalfreedom.


17 posted on 04/15/2014 1:39:23 AM PDT by ConservativeChris (I feel like Marvin Boggs!)
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To: dr_lew

Thanks for the info. Great sight!


18 posted on 04/15/2014 1:40:52 AM PDT by Husker8877
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To: ConservativeChris

The appearance of the moon in eclipse from different locations on the earth, where the moon is visible at the same time, should be no more different than the view of a movie from different seats in the theater.


19 posted on 04/15/2014 1:41:39 AM PDT by dr_lew
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My pictures from NW Tucson.

No color adjustments made and all taken hand held at 20x zoom on my cheap Canon. Started at 1/1000 second exposure and ended up at 1 second.

Perfect clear, dry weather and about 63F at midnight.


20 posted on 04/15/2014 1:43:04 AM PDT by az_gila
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