John reminded me that there’s a lunar eclipse tonight. If the skies stay as clear as they are right now, I may climb up to the roof of my apartment building and see if I can get any decent pictures.
In the meantime, I present this handy-dandy guide to eclipse terminology.
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(Images from Tom Weller’s seminal 1985 technical opus, Science Made Stupid)
“Fascination Street (Extended)” by Cure, The from the album Mixed Up (1990, 8:48).
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Full lunar eclipse tonight
Strange things happen on the Full Moon. The possiblity of a Total Lunar Eclipse is one, the Red Sox possibly sweeping the World Series is another … We wont get another total lunar eclipse here in the continental United States…
Playing off the ecliptic
In eclecticism: Lunar Eclipse tonight, Michael Hanscom thoughtfully provides some borrowed diagrams and definitions concerning tonight’s lunar eclipse. I recommend looking closely at the diagrams and evaluating them with a critical eye. They are unique…
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Genius!
That’s just too damn funny.
I saw the eclipse last night - very beautiful and mysterious. I still have to download my attempts at photos - yours look nice.
Those diagrams are completely wrong!!!
In a MOON eclipse, the EARTH is between the Sun and the Moon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse
In a SUN eclipse, it’s the MOON the one which is between the Earth and the Sun. http://www.hartrao.ac.za/other/eclipse2002/ecl_cause.html
The label in diagram #2 is specially pure nonsense: The light from MOON (!!) is BLOCKED by the Earth, casting a SHADOW in the SUN ?????
(laughs) That’s exactly the point, romm.
Just a little silliness to break up the day. The images are scanned in from a humor book I picked up years ago (that’s now, sadly, out of print).
Mmm… maybe I have been working a lot. Need to go out and take some fresh air…
sigh