Anyone see a red moon tonight?(warning dial-up)

[sakabatou]

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Blood moons are rare, but not mysterious

They are common during certain types of lunar eclipses, where Earth's atmosphere refracts sunlight and it is mostly red that illuminates the moon. Particulates in the air -- dust, volcanic ash, pollution -- can have the effect of tinting or refracting moonlight so it appears red.

That is definitely a nice image, though, regardless of the why.

[jwirr]

2. Just read some poetry to my Great Grandchild today and it included

that old axiom. Any truth in it?

[sakabatou]

3. It is a nice image

but there's a red moon outside my window.

[That Is Quite Enough]

4. Nope, not tonight.

Though we have had at least a couple out here before, that I can remember.

[Gman]

5. Ummm...

There's not a full moon tonight.

We've been swimming and other activities for the last couple of hours tonight. There's a nice moonlight, but no full moon.

Cool pic, though.

[shireen]

6. wow!

how did you take that photo? Thru a telescope? or a telephoto?

[sakabatou]

8. Neither

Googled it.

[Lennon]

7. SPACE WEATHER

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Last Thursday, June 12th, Andrew Brown witnessed a lovely solar eclipse over London. No one else saw it? Obviously, they weren't standing in the right spot.

Brown explains: "For three days every June, the setting sun aligns itself with a distant Astra / Sky TV satellite dish to create a false solar eclipse!"

:)

[cosmik debris]

9. Relatively common in West Texas

The cause here is dirt in our atmosphere.

Another side effect of all the dirt is that Texas has some of the most spectacularly colorful sunsets you can imagine.