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31st August 2012, 08:58 PM
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/31/13595968-blue-moon-shines-around-the-world?lite
Sorry if this has been posted already,
I am heading outside to take a look at the moon, and water the grass.
Thanks all of GSUS for being my rock, big hugs and kisses to all , and kicks in the ass to those who need one. All the gloom and doom.....just go out and look at the moon!
Tonight's blue moon (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48860891/ns/technology_and_science-space/?__utma=14933801.1378666133.1342970922.1346467333. 1346470361.98&__utmb=14933801.5.10.1346470361&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1346470361.98.97.utmcsr=msn.com|ut mccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Cus%20news%7 Cusnewsfranchise=1^12=Landing%20Content=Original=1 ^13=Landing%20Hostname=usnews.nbcnews.com=1^30=Vis it%20Type%20to%20Content=Internal%20to%20Original= 1&__utmk=187397416) may not be as rare as it sounds, but it's still special — as is every glorious full moon, whichever color you use to describe it.
Actually, the term "blue moon" is something of a misnomer. There's no reason for the full moon to be any bluer than usual (thoughit's certainly possible for the moon to take on a blue tinge (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29aug_bluemoon/)). Instead, it has to do with the extra occurrence of a full moon in a given calendar cycle.
Sorry if this has been posted already,
I am heading outside to take a look at the moon, and water the grass.
Thanks all of GSUS for being my rock, big hugs and kisses to all , and kicks in the ass to those who need one. All the gloom and doom.....just go out and look at the moon!
Tonight's blue moon (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48860891/ns/technology_and_science-space/?__utma=14933801.1378666133.1342970922.1346467333. 1346470361.98&__utmb=14933801.5.10.1346470361&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1346470361.98.97.utmcsr=msn.com|ut mccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Cus%20news%7 Cusnewsfranchise=1^12=Landing%20Content=Original=1 ^13=Landing%20Hostname=usnews.nbcnews.com=1^30=Vis it%20Type%20to%20Content=Internal%20to%20Original= 1&__utmk=187397416) may not be as rare as it sounds, but it's still special — as is every glorious full moon, whichever color you use to describe it.
Actually, the term "blue moon" is something of a misnomer. There's no reason for the full moon to be any bluer than usual (thoughit's certainly possible for the moon to take on a blue tinge (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29aug_bluemoon/)). Instead, it has to do with the extra occurrence of a full moon in a given calendar cycle.