This Friday night will be the rare "once in a blue moon. There are two definitions of "Blue Moon" From Wikipedia, "A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, either the third of four full moons in a season or, a second full moon in a month of the common calendar."
The second definition of "Blue Moon," the second full Moon in a calendar month was popularized due to a miscalculation published in a 1946 article in Sky and Telescope magazine. Such Blue Moons occur frequently - at least once every two or three years.
The moon rarely appears blue, though it has happened due to atmospheric conditions, volcanos, pollution, etc.
Large version of the moon, 07.31.2015 1:05 am, over the Emerald Canyon.
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Re: Once In A Blue Moon Tonight!
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:38 am
by Edward Favre
Great pics!
Re: Once In A Blue Moon Tonight!
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:49 am
by Jim O'Bryan
Edward Favre wrote:Great pics!
Thanks,
More the lens than the photographer.
See it tonight, and take a picture.
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Re: Once In A Blue Moon Tonight!
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:05 am
by cameron karslake
Golly Jim, do you ever sleep?
thanks for the update!
Re: Once In A Blue Moon Tonight!
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:42 pm
by Gary Rice
Anyone remember the movie...
(I'm sure if you had children who are now grown up, you saw it)
...that had the 3 little mice singing "Blue Moon"?
