Last night I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to watch the total lunar eclipse. As I have never seen one before I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I knew that it meant the Earth was directly in line between the Sun and the Moon, therefor preventing the sunlight from reaching the Moon's surface and then reflecting back to Earth. I didn't know quite what that would me for me visually. Would the Moon just go away? Would there be a shiny ring? Would my head explode from the sheer beauty of it? What?! It could happen! I certainly wasn't taking any chances, so I did a little research. It seems that the sunlight gets refracted through Earth's atmosphere and gets scattered in the process. The only wavelengths that reach the moon are those we perceive as red, hence we see the moon as a coppery orb. Pretty cool. Anyway, this magical event didn't start until about 1:50 am and didn't come into full copper goodness until 2:40, so I'm beat! I'm going back to bed!
Technically from the eclipse from March, but that's what happened. I promise.
Enjoy this video showing what I saw last night only much faster, and enjoy the lovely sounds of Neko Case. Miss Case, I couldn't agree more...
from Blacklisted
I Wish I was The Moon
(Purchase)
2 comments:
i submit that you wouldn't have given 2 shits about this were you not all hyped up on sunshine.
My favorite Neko song: I cover it live.
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