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Sunday, August 2, 2015

BLUE MOON MAGIC - IT MAKES THE WORLD LOOK VERY, VERY STRANGE - See photos of the phenomenon around the world

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Pictures this good only come round once in a blue moon: Glorious images of second full moon in a month.
 
Stargazers gathered to watch the blue moon as it transcended over Glastonbury Tor in Somerset with a clear blue sky
 Spectacular images show people gathering in Glastonbury, England, to watch the event that could be seen around the world  

  • 'Blue moon' refers to when a full moon occurs twice in a calendar month - not the colour of the Earth's satellite 
  • The moon does not appear blue, but is its usual silvery grey colour, so it looks like a regular full moon  
  • It was the first blue moon since August 2012 and there won’t be another for three years, until January 31, 2018

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    Tonight's lunar phase fits the calendar definition of ‘blue’ because there was another full moon on July 2
    People on a ride at the Worlds of Amusement Park
    silhouetted against the moon in Kansas City
     
    An American Airlines passenger airplane from Miami crosses the blue moon over Whittier, California as it heads towards Los AngelesAn American Airlines passenger airplane from Miami crosses the blue moon over Whittier, California as it heads towards Los Angeles

     The blue moon rising behind Brooklyn, seen from LIberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Blue moons are not as rare as other celestial events, but there won’t be another for three years, until January 31, 2018 Blue Moon rising behind Brooklyn, NY, seen from Liberty State Park, in Jersey City -  AP photo

    A view of the full moon rising over the homes of the village of St Breward, Cornwall, taken from a junction on the B3266
    A view of the full moon rising over the homes of the village of St Breward, Cornwall, taken from a junction on the B3266

    While the Statue of Liberty seems like the secondary attraction to the bright moon last night in New York (right)
     Statue of Liberty, New York City



     This incredible picture taken in Kuwait City shows details of the surface of the moon, as it appeared last night
     Photo of the Blue Moon taken from Kuwait City.


     The morning after the blue moon in Somerset. It will be another three years before there is a blue moon visible from the Earth
    The morning after the Blue Moon in Somerset, UK

    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3179917/Blue-moon-horizon-Rare-phenomenon-two-moons-calendar-month-light-skies-Friday.html



     
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