A Strange Pumpkin-Orange Full Moon Rises in the Sky Tonight (space.com) 47
Look at the full moon! Tonight it may appear larger and more orange than usual, reports Space.com, "taking on a fitting appearance for the fall season and for the build-up to Halloween."
This is the result of something called the 'moon illusion' and the fact it is being viewed close to the horizon. The orange color comes about because as we look at the full moon close to the horizon, the light that it reflects towards us is passing through more of the Earth's atmosphere than when it is close to overhead. Molecules in Earth's atmosphere are really good at scattering photons of blue light which have shorter wavelengths than red light. This means that blue photons bounce around the sky before hitting our eyeâS — âS and that's why the sky is blue. Longer wavelength red photons slip right through these molecules and straight to our eye for the most part.
When red photons reflected by the moon have to pass through the thickest part of the atmosphere at the horizon, the chance of them being bounced around is increased. That's why the moon appears redder when we look at it close to the horizon....
When red photons reflected by the moon have to pass through the thickest part of the atmosphere at the horizon, the chance of them being bounced around is increased. That's why the moon appears redder when we look at it close to the horizon....
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Yes, as written, you could print this article once a month every month.
The moon really only gets that pumpkin-orange color when there are a lot of particulate in the air. With wildfires, it's very likely to be orange over much of the western US.
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Or dust in the air from harvesting.
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Or dust in the air from harvesting.
It's a month too late for that.
Most fall harvesting in the Northern Hemisphere is already done.
China celebrated its harvest moon festival on September 10th.
In North America, China, India, and Europe, winter wheat should already be in the ground.
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It's a month too late for that.
Most fall harvesting in the Northern Hemisphere is already done.
A lot of crops came in literally a month late this year.
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Relevant XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/1818/ [xkcd.com]
Yet another:
https://xkcd.com/1145/ [xkcd.com]
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The moon really only gets that pumpkin-orange color when there are a lot of particulate in the air. With wildfires, it's very likely to be orange over much of the western US.
Blood red, this morning, actually in Seattle.
But ya, usually more orange.
It's a sign! (Score:5, Funny)
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You mean, parody at its finest.
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Blessed be the fruit!
Hopefully science will settle that soon...
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Yes, because saying "Orange Man bad", regardless of the situation, is the height of wit.
Let's Go, Brandon!
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You're disgusting.
You're a coward. That's disgusting.
Sponsored by.. (Score:2)
..pumpkin spiced everything, already on shelves at your local grocery store.
Now I'm craving a pumpkin spiced latte and it's still like 90F out. Thanks.
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Elysian Brewing makes some excellent pumpkin beers. I always look forward to their brief appearance, this time of year.
Last time I was at Costco they actually had a 24 pack of Elysian's four different pumpkin beers... wunderbar!
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There was a time when I thought you'd be the kind of person I could sit back and have a beer with.
Now I can see our differences can only be settled with a set of flintlock pistols.
I like Elysian- but my god I can't do those pumpkin beers.
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That's funny, because the seasonal specialty beers they make (the pumpkin ones and *especially* the coffee ones) are really the only Elysian beers I particularly go for - I can take or leave their regular line-up.
Orange, red, blue (Score:2)
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Outside of a lunar eclipse the moon has looked like the same color to me
Need to look right around moon rise and moon set time. Shortly after, the filters are no longer thick enough to be substantial.
Shultz and giggles (Score:2, Informative)
Ok, enough's enough (Score:2)
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They now publicize each and every full moon as somehow special. They're not.
I prefer calling a full moon a full moon. I don't care if November's full moon is "The Super Pirate Moon", it's still a full moon.
Mistake makes the scientific explanation nonsense (Score:4, Insightful)
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If article indeed says that, it is indeed flat ass backwards.
Red light (approaching infrared) is almost completely unscattered, relatively speaking.
astro-churning (Score:3)
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Astronomy contains a fucking universe of wonder. Yet we're handed schtick like this.
The problem is astronomy isn't sexy. Some person who has never looked up finds out the moon is doing something it constantly does for the first time and writes about it, and then moves on to a different topic.
Also astronomy may be a universe of wonder but most of that wonder is not visible to the naked eye. Articles will therefore focus on the moon doing its usual thing, eclipses, the position of the few visible planets, and meter showers which occur 3-4 times a year. Anything that requires binoculars or te
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Here in western Washington (Score:2)
We've been seeing some very orange moons, thanks to smoke from the Bolt Creek fire.
A feast for the eyes, maybe... but not the lungs.
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Is he the first President's kid to fuck a coke whore, or be a fuckup of some kind, or something?
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The main point is that his career was helped by Joe Biden in a nepotistic matter, that was unethical if not illegal.
Of course, Trump was nepotistic as well, and people were obsessed with his children when he was president, too.
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The main point is that his career was helped by Joe Biden in a nepotistic matter, that was unethical if not illegal.
I'm assuming you missed the asterisk which leads to the footnote saying "allegedly", as I've not heard anything other than some eye-rolling highly contextually misleading snippets.
Not that I paid a lot of attention, but it looked like it was pretty obvious that he was hired due to being the VPs son (which is not unethical, or a crime), but no linkage between the VP and that was ever established in any remotely believable way.
Of course, Trump was nepotistic as well, and people were obsessed with his children when he was president, too.
Were they?
I don't recall that.
I do recall the late night shows making plenty of
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I'm assuming you missed the asterisk which leads to the footnote saying "allegedly", as I've not heard anything other than some eye-rolling highly contextually misleading snippets.
Sounds like you do understand the fascination with HB then.
Were they? I don't recall that.
See for example:
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
https://www.citizensforethics.... [citizensforethics.org]
Maybe you should do deeper research on these topics before commenting on them again. You don't have to do the research, but you shouldn't comment on them if you don't.
Re:Hunter's Moon (Score:5, Insightful)
Sounds like you do understand the fascination with HB then.
No, I don't. It seems like desperation to find some kind of scandal.
Specifically, I remember some quotes about Biden bragging about getting some correupt-ass Ukrainian prosecutor fired, and then people claiming without evidence that it was in order to save his son, despite the fact that literally the entire western world was trying to get rid of the guy, because he was a major stain on Ukrainian relations with the west.
That literally seems to be the extent of any "evidence" of nepotism. Which isn't evidence at all. It's conspiracy theory.
Maybe you should do deeper research on these topics before commenting on them again. You don't have to do the research, but you shouldn't comment on them if you don't.
Neither of those demonstrated any instance of the Trump kiddos receiving the bizarre treatment HB has received.
If you thought I was referring to "media coverage of the POTUS' kids", then I refer you to the following line of my previous comment:
I do recall the late night shows making plenty of fun of them, but I don't recall anyone legitimately giving a fuck about them. Were there attempts at congressional hearings on the dealings of Trump's children?
Seriously, what this fuck is this shit? [time.com]
These fucking clowns want to jam up the organs of government over who the President's kid is fucking? It's bizarre.
Perhaps you should read a comment twice before responding in a snarky fashion.
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Ah, yes. Corruption of blood. How American of you ;)
Read on. This thread is getting more than a bit of attention. Even though I suspect it was started in humor. I guess it's true about the left not being able to meme.
I read, laughed at the flimsiness of the response, and responded.
You know what's also universally true? People who say "the left" and "the right" are invariably partisan toolsheds.
More Strange Is (Score:1)
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