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Post by shatnerswig on Dec 21, 2010 20:21:17 GMT 10
ok so its about 3 am and i have to drive into nyc(manhattan)i go through the lincoln tunel and get onto 34th street ...when i notice a bunch of people standing motionless staring at the sky ...... i blow it off thinking maybe they re tourists and are awed by the huge skyscrapers ... i get to the next block and i see the same thing ... a bunch of people vertually motionless ...staring up ... now i m like wtf .. whats going on ? now the more i look the more people i see stopped on the sidewalk staring up ... now i m getting a little creeped out like what the hell is this that m . night shamalamadingdong flick the happening? so i get to my destination and get out of the car and walk across the unusually dark street and a woman pops out of a brownstone and says to me do you see it .. do you see it? i m like see what ? she say the moon... its an eclipse ... LOL DOH!
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Post by Wes Gear on Dec 21, 2010 20:24:37 GMT 10
Yeah not sure why they call it an eclipse. It's nothing but the Earth's shadow being cast across the moon. Me and my sister were talking and to us a blood red harvest moon is more spectacular and scarier.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 20:35:55 GMT 10
Yeah not sure why they call it an eclipse. It's nothing but the Earth's shadow being cast across the moon. Me and my sister were talking and to us a blood red harvest moon is more spectacular and scarier. yeah yeah yeah buddy, we all know there is only one Eclipse your interested in.............
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Post by concrete on Dec 21, 2010 21:43:41 GMT 10
Umm...
Actually it is an eclipse. However due to the refraction of light through the earths atmosphere some light does hit the moon. However it is only the longer wavelenths. Sort of like why a Harvest moon or a Sunset are red.
The particles in the atmosphere filter out the shorter wavelenths of light.
If Earth had no atmosphere. During a total lunar eclipse. All we would see is a black dot in the sky (it would block out the starlight beyond).
Sorry. Have my geek hat on.
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Post by Wes Gear on Dec 21, 2010 22:20:07 GMT 10
your getting on my fucking nerves you bastard.
i went back and reread the article i got my info from and realized what they meant was this wasn't the type of eclipse most people think of when it's solar.
so again fuck you. ;D
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Post by concrete on Dec 21, 2010 22:32:37 GMT 10
Just helping the feeble minded. I meant no offence. So, whens the next lesson?
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Post by Wes Gear on Dec 21, 2010 23:30:19 GMT 10
sorry my class schedule is all full thanks to me needing to retake remedial reading and comprehension 101.
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Post by Rareclan on Dec 22, 2010 2:23:12 GMT 10
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Post by Wes on Dec 22, 2010 13:47:55 GMT 10
The moon's red hue could be seen in Canberra during last night's lunar eclipse. Picture: Gary Ramage
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Post by Wes Gear on Dec 22, 2010 19:52:55 GMT 10
now that is a freaky pic wes........
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