The moon is really full tonight, going to be a blood moon at 2 this morning. I'll stick my head out the window and take a look. Looks good now mind. Get your cameras out lads. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Bloo...kies-tonight/story-27877691-detail/story.html People are already becoming spellbound by the stunningly large moon hanging in the sky tonight. Noticably low and bigger than usual, it is because it will be a 'blood moon', a rare phenomenon when it appears to change to a scarlet-red colour. It's peak will be at 2am but already people are out taking photographs. This rare phenomenon of nature may seem ominous, and there are plenty of tall stories floating about online about how it will foreshadow the apocalypse. But a blood moon is in fact a type of solar eclipse, where the sun casts a shadow from the Earth over the moon. The red colour is created by the earth's distribution of planet Earth's photons, which are particles that represent electromagnetic radiation. Keith Pimblett, 38, senior lecturer in physics at Hull University was able to explain the ins and outs of the blood moon's rising. He said: "This is actually the second eclipse we have had this year, the last one was on April 4. "An eclipse happens when the Earth's shadow falls across the Moon. It can only happen when the moon is full and it can only happen at certain times because of the tilt in the moon's orbit. "It only happens at certain points of the moon's orbit around the earth, which is not in a perfect circle, and at a point in its orbit when the moon is very close to the Earth. "The red glow is caused by a scattering of different coloured photons in the earth's atmosphere. "Red photons stay in our atmosphere, causing the red colour, whereas blue photons scatter." The Earth's shadow will only be cast over the moon for about one hour, or maybe one hour and 15 minutes. Because the Moon will be closer, it will also appear it 14 per cent larger. There are usually two solar eclipses a year, and Monday night's will be the last one of 2015, probably until April 2016.
Me daughter texted me Missus a couple of hours ago, saying 'go look at the moon' She did. Came back in and declared that the moon was looking really moony. She's good with words, me Missus. It's like she paints a picture with words. The hound ran out in a frenzy and barked at it. He won and now owns the moon. In his mind.
It does look big. Btw, how big is Uranus?? /giggle Yes that's my favourite all time gag. The witch is glaring at me again.
