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Total lunar eclipse early Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070826/ap_on_sc/lunar_eclipse;_ylt=Amf00kFos3N9qC_o1cyT1RKs0NUE
An ominous portent or sense of forboding, peoplez ?!??!?!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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Total lunar eclipse early Tuesday
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer
Sun Aug 26, 7:46 PM ET
The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday,
slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red.
The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in
North and South America, especially in the West. People in the Pacific
islands, eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand also will be able to
view it if skies are clear.
People in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, who had the best view of
the last total lunar eclipse in March, won't see this one because the
moon will have set when the partial eclipse begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT.
The full eclipse will begin an hour later at 5:52 a.m. EDT.
An eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon,
blocking the sun's light. It's rare because the moon is usually either
above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.
Since the Earth is bigger than the moon, the process of the Earth's
shadow taking a bigger and bigger "bite" out of the moon, totally
eclipsing it before the shadow recedes, lasts about 3 1/2 hours, said
Doug Duncan, director of the University of Colorado's Fiske
Planetarium. The total eclipse phase, in which the moon has an orange
or reddish glow, lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
The full eclipse will be visible across the United States, but East
Coast viewers will only have about a half-hour to see it before the
sun begins to rise and the moon sets. Skywatchers in the West will get
the full show.
In eastern Asia, the moon will rise in various stages of eclipse.
During the full eclipse, the moon won't be completely dark because
some light still reaches it around the edges of the Earth. The light
is refracted as it passes through our atmosphere, scattering blue
light - which is why the sky is blue - but sending reddish light onto
the moon.
"When someone asks why is it (the moon) red, you can say because the
sky is blue," Duncan said.
The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible
from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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On the Net:
NASA Lunar Eclipse Page:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html
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27 Aug 2007 03:32:21 AM |
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"The Last 1939 Days... HOOROO !" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070826/ap_on_sc/lunar_eclipse;_ylt=Amf00kFos3N9qC_o1cyT1RKs0NUE
An ominous portent or sense of forboding, peoplez ?!??!?!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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Total lunar eclipse early Tuesday
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer
Sun Aug 26, 7:46 PM ET
The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday,
slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red.
The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in
North and South America, especially in the West. People in the Pacific
islands, eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand also will be able to
view it if skies are clear.
People in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, who had the best view of
the last total lunar eclipse in March, won't see this one because the
moon will have set when the partial eclipse begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT.
The full eclipse will begin an hour later at 5:52 a.m. EDT.
An eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon,
blocking the sun's light. It's rare because the moon is usually either
above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.
Since the Earth is bigger than the moon, the process of the Earth's
shadow taking a bigger and bigger "bite" out of the moon, totally
eclipsing it before the shadow recedes, lasts about 3 1/2 hours, said
Doug Duncan, director of the University of Colorado's Fiske
Planetarium. The total eclipse phase, in which the moon has an orange
or reddish glow, lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
The full eclipse will be visible across the United States, but East
Coast viewers will only have about a half-hour to see it before the
sun begins to rise and the moon sets. Skywatchers in the West will get
the full show.
In eastern Asia, the moon will rise in various stages of eclipse.
During the full eclipse, the moon won't be completely dark because
some light still reaches it around the edges of the Earth. The light
is refracted as it passes through our atmosphere, scattering blue
light - which is why the sky is blue - but sending reddish light onto
the moon.
"When someone asks why is it (the moon) red, you can say because the
sky is blue," Duncan said.
The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible
from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
___
On the Net:
NASA Lunar Eclipse Page:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html
Actually late on Tuesday in Sydney
The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in its entirety
for all of Eastern Australia and New Zealand, and will be in progress at
Moonrise for the remainder of Australia and most of Asia. It will be visible
at Moonset for the Americas, and will not be visible at all for Africa,
Europe and Western Asia.
For Australians, the table below shows the timings for the various phases of
the Eclipse. The times are given in local time for that city. The figure in
brackets is the altitude of the Moon at that time. N/V means Not Visible, as
the time is before Moonrise for that city.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=55,409,0,0,1,0#WHEN
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27 Aug 2007 08:46:36 AM |
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An ominous portent or sense of forboding, peoplez ?!??!?!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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We're all gonna die tomorrow, Wally, but I'm hoping Stevie goes before I
do.
Total lunar eclipse early Tuesday
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer
Sun Aug 26, 7:46 PM ET
The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday,
slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red.
The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in
North and South America, especially in the West. People in the Pacific
islands, eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand also will be able to
view it if skies are clear.
People in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, who had the best view of
the last total lunar eclipse in March, won't see this one because the
moon will have set when the partial eclipse begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT.
The full eclipse will begin an hour later at 5:52 a.m. EDT.
An eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon,
blocking the sun's light. It's rare because the moon is usually either
above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.
Since the Earth is bigger than the moon, the process of the Earth's
shadow taking a bigger and bigger "bite" out of the moon, totally
eclipsing it before the shadow recedes, lasts about 3 1/2 hours, said
Doug Duncan, director of the University of Colorado's Fiske
Planetarium. The total eclipse phase, in which the moon has an orange
or reddish glow, lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
The full eclipse will be visible across the United States, but East
Coast viewers will only have about a half-hour to see it before the
sun begins to rise and the moon sets. Skywatchers in the West will get
the full show.
In eastern Asia, the moon will rise in various stages of eclipse.
During the full eclipse, the moon won't be completely dark because
some light still reaches it around the edges of the Earth. The light
is refracted as it passes through our atmosphere, scattering blue
light - which is why the sky is blue - but sending reddish light onto
the moon.
"When someone asks why is it (the moon) red, you can say because the
sky is blue," Duncan said.
The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible
from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
___
On the Net:
NASA Lunar Eclipse Page:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html
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