pontiac1940
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 21, 2019 0:31:01 GMT
On the way back home this late afternoon, my hiking partner noticed the moonrise. So I got off the freeway as fast as I could and got onto a county road just in time to watch the moon disappear behind a cloud. The lunar eclipse will not be seen here tonight. Oh well.  |
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Post by blackmutt on Jan 21, 2019 0:32:46 GMT
Nice. We may see it but wind chill well below zero
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Fauxtoto
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Post by Fauxtoto on Jan 22, 2019 14:25:45 GMT
Well done. The night of the eclipse we were under an exceptional extreme cold warning. It came down to wind chill minus 38 Celsius. Maybe another time…
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Post by whippet on Jan 24, 2019 15:30:05 GMT
I can't even imagine what -38c would be like Fauxtoto.
Even if you did miss the eclipse, Clive, that moon must have been awesome to see.
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Post by Sydney on Jan 25, 2019 5:30:50 GMT
Wow, that is a great shot, Clive. The moon almost looks like it is compressed.
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pontiac1940
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 27, 2019 4:53:12 GMT
Thanks all.
Sydney....the air disports the moon. Quote below...
Every moonrise also provides an opportunity to see astronomy’s sister science, meteorology, at work. The air we look through to see the moon is not of uniform density, humidity or wind speed. It’s alive with cells of slightly different temperatures (and hence density) moving along at different rates of speed. We have to look through all this when watching a moonrise or sunrise, which is why sometimes the moon’s edge seems to ripple or show other distortions. Some of these weird effects are visible with the naked eye but the best views are in binoculars.
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