Once in a Blue Moon...

[boom_box]

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Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010

LOS ANGELES – Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.
A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the full moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

Kinsay naka kita..? Ga dag-um man gud diri sa Mindanao...

[Alramzz]

Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010



Kinsay naka kita..? Ga dag-um man gud diri sa Mindanao...

kita ko pero wa ko kabalo na blue moon na diay to, kung kabalo pa ko ma amaze na unta ko, in other words i ddnt take notice,. lame lame lame~

[nirdle_phogi]

Abi ko kanang blue moon, color blue jud. Hehe..

[rodsky]

What did you expect to see? There's nothing visually special about twice in a month "blue moon"--it's purely a calculation-related event. Meanwhile, a blue moon (moon actually turns blue, as what nirdle said) is caused by massive amounts of dust particles in the air, i.e. during a major volcanic eruption in the level of Krakatoa, Mt. St. Helens, or Pinatubo.

What failed the media's radar was the partial Lunar Eclipse that occured a few hours after midnight Jan 1, 2010.

-RODION

[thiefmeister]

yup ive read something about lunar eclipse but hadnt seen one ky nag uwan man...

ive read it btw in yahoo kay mao man ako ivisit una..

wa sad ko kita sa full moon ky uwan lage.. ahak..

gatagay ra mi nya nangahubog.. hahaha

[eeLeeM]

sayang wa ko kakita... ga ulan ug kusog... didto ko sa roof deck sa I1 sa IT Park

[Tarmac]

What failed the media's radar was the partial Lunar Eclipse that occured a few hours after midnight Jan 1, 2010.

-RODION

Which nobody saw because of heavy cloud cover.

[xianz87]

wla man ta nka experience ug blue moon dri. . sa west ra man to . .jan.1 na bya to nag full moon sa atoa dri hehe. . dn sa western hemisphere kai dec.31 pa. . mao nay blue moon sa ila

wla man sad tay lunar eclipse. . to.a rato nla . . wa dri ehehe

[rodsky]

Which nobody saw because of heavy cloud cover.

It was indeed overcast over Cebu, unfortunately, but not in other parts of the country. Here's Erika's (ALP member based in Quezon City) blog on the event and her photos of the partial lunar eclipse:

January 1, 2010 Partial Lunar Eclipse The Sky Above

-RODION

[rodsky]

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wla man sad tay lunar eclipse. . to.a rato nla . . wa dri ehehe

Read my post above. Spreading unverified information is an irresponsible act.

-RODION