Lunar Eclipse Next Tuesday Morning 50
Raver32 writes "Tuesday morning, Aug. 28 brings us the second total lunar eclipse of 2007. Those living in the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia will be able to partake in at least some of this sky show.
The very best viewing region for viewing this eclipse will fall across the Pacific Rim, including the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand and eastern Australia. All these places will be able to see the complete eclipse from start to finish.
Europeans will miss out on the entire show, as the Moon will be below the horizon during their mid and late morning hours."
Protection (Score:3, Funny)
Eclipses are not natural! (Score:2, Funny)
They're going to use the money they get to invade Mars. The "mission to Mars" is the cover story for the invasion preparations.
Hahaha (Score:5, Funny)
~S
Poor Europeans (Score:2, Funny)
Then the iPhone exclusive..
And now this!
This time you're the one's who are late (Score:2)
The moon still hasn't got the capacity for worldwide releases.
Video simulations (Score:5, Interesting)
Video 1: As it will be from Burning Man [elektronkind.org]
Video 2: If you were on the moon [elektronkind.org]
Both are H264, no sound.
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The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth (Score:5, Funny)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
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Technically, western hemisphere includes Ireland, Portugal, Senegal, Liberia, etc. In fact, anything west of the Greenwich meridian. Practically, it is the Americas.
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Therefore it exludes most of europe, except for parts of Spain and Britain, and Portugal and Eire.
Damn Moon.. (Score:1)
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Which also means it's going to be very, very, hot on Tuesday morning.
Um...
Is this another post that should be modded Funny, but people are feeling generous with karma?
The earth is going to be direcly between the sun and the moon, in case anyone's still not sure as to how this works.
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Event canceled (Score:1, Funny)
The first court of Tuscaloosa, Alabama therefore decided to forbid the entity called Eclipse [eclipse.org] to go through with this manifestation.
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That depends- are you referring to hardwarewolves or softwarewolves?
The latter transform on almost any night when plied with sufficient Cola and Pizza in their parent's dank (and presumably dark) basement.
Best Viewing Places in Hawaii? (Score:2)
Re:Best Viewing Places in Hawaii? (Score:5, Funny)
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Tagging the topic (Score:1, Funny)
Better coverage at NASA's eclipse page (Score:5, Informative)
Move along. (Score:3, Funny)
Our turn! (Score:4, Insightful)
The March eclipse was over by moonrise here, but I will be in good shape for the August one. Except that totality is around 0300 local time. :-(
It's quite the show watching Earth's shadow creep across the moon, with the colour contrast betwen the greyish-white moon and Earth's copper-coloured shadow. And, unlike a solar eclipse, you can take your time. The last couple of lunar eclipses here have been relatively bright. The one I saw from Toronto in 2000 [nasa.gov] was dark, with the moon replaced by this dark, burned-out ash thing in the sky. Quite the sight!
I've only seen one total solar eclipse (29 March 2006 [nasa.gov], from Turkey). Unlike lunar eclipses, something deep inside us freaks out when the sun goes out during the day. It rattled us, and we knew what was happening; it must have scared the crap out of our ancestors.
...laura
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Score -5 (Off topic) Abusive websites (Score:1)
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I agree ... you should NOT have to use a popup blocker. Instead, we should have a browser that simply does not implement popup capability in the first place. Then, there wouldn't be anything that needs to be blocked. You could use that browser, instead. Hopefully you are using an OS that doesn't have its own popups inside.
While this is great... (Score:2)
How about Singapore? (Score:1)
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