creepiest damn thing

[Walsingham]

I'm up late working, and I just looed out the window, and it's a full moon, and it's a sort of off-red colour I don't remember seeing one like it before. Bloody creepy.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Ahhh... A Blood Moon...

[Enoch]

Head for the hills!!!!

 

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood

Edited June 16, 2008 by Enoch

[Walsingham]

Head for the hills!!!!

 

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood

 

Never mind that! Pass the insect repellent!

 

And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads. 9:5 And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man.

[SteveThaiBinh]

I remember the moon turning a sort of brown-red colour one night last year - I think there was an eclipse or something? I stayed up to see it.

[Hell Kitty]

There is no such thing as a red moon. You probably have eye cancer.

[Walsingham]

There is no such thing as a red moon. You probably have eye cancer.

 

Ah well, sure I'll be grand.

[Deraldin]

I remember the moon turning a sort of brown-red colour one night last year - I think there was an eclipse or something? I stayed up to see it.

 

I know there was one visible up here in North America a couple months ago. Hit a full eclipse about midnight. Can't remember what month it was, but I do remember it was damn cold outside.

[Walsingham]

Rough night for many. A lot of transport aircraft heading over, bound for the East.

[Sand]

Its called a Harvest Moon. Basically the moonlight is skirting low in the atmosphere, discoloring it and distorting the image due to the refraction of the light.

[Enoch]

Its called a Harvest Moon. Basically the moonlight is skirting low in the atmosphere, discoloring it and distorting the image due to the refraction of the light.

Yeah, that's probably true. If my time zone calculation is correct, his post was up around 9PM local time. Since the full moon rises at sunset and sets at dawn, and sunset is pretty late at Wals' latitude at this time of year, the moon was probably pretty low on the horizon, shining through the somewhat-less-than-pristine British skies. (I initially assumed that Wals' statement that he was "up late working" meant he was up significantly later, which would put the moon pretty high in the sky.)

 

 

Still, it's a fun excuse to quote prophecies of doom.

[qt3.14159]

Its called a Harvest Moon. Basically the moonlight is skirting low in the atmosphere, discoloring it and distorting the image due to the refraction of the light.

Yeah, that's probably true. If my time zone calculation is correct, his post was up around 9PM local time. Since the full moon rises at sunset and sets at dawn, and sunset is pretty late at Wals' latitude at this time of year, the moon was probably pretty low on the horizon, shining through the somewhat-less-than-pristine British skies. (I initially assumed that Wals' statement that he was "up late working" meant he was up significantly later, which would put the moon pretty high in the sky.)

 

 

Still, it's a fun excuse to quote prophecies of doom.

 

Um, you do know that moon rises do not necessarily coincide with sunsets, don't you?

[Walsingham]

That would make sense. It was just above the houses.

[Pidesco]

I'm up late working, and I just looed out the window, and it's a full moon, and it's a sort of off-red colour I don't remember seeing one like it before. Bloody creepy.

 

Does that mean you were peeing out the window?

[Walsingham]

I'm up late working, and I just looed out the window, and it's a full moon, and it's a sort of off-red colour I don't remember seeing one like it before. Bloody creepy.

 

Does that mean you were peeing out the window?

 

LOL. You know I just this minute realised my spelling mistake, and what it meant.

 

Then I scrolled down and saw your comment.

 

Yes, I am in the habit, when addressing weighty matters, of releasing flow out across the roof into the neighbour's garden. I am a GENIUS! I cannot be disturbed by such trivialities as toilets.

[Rosbjerg]

I once saw an red/orange moon rise above a jungle, while I was standing in a boat being rowed (or what ever it's called) over a river to an ancient temple, where a young boy was being initiated into the priest caste.

 

And standing in that small boat, with a pale orange/red light covering the jungle and river, seeing the ceremonial lights, fires and painted elephants on the other side, was quite a unique experience. The funniest part was that the moon was the most interesting part. I'd never seen that particular colour mix before.

[Walsingham]

I once saw an red/orange moon rise above a jungle, while I was standing in a boat being rowed (or what ever it's called) over a river to an ancient temple, where a young boy was being initiated into the priest caste.

 

That's was quite fun.

 

I presume you killed everyone on the flimsy pretext of saving the boy, and looted the temple?

 

Who says video games are bad for you?

[Rosbjerg]

They were over 2000 people and the boy seemed quite happy.

 

Also, I thought this thread was about the moon?

[Enoch]

Um, you do know that moon rises do not necessarily coincide with sunsets, don't you?

They do when the moon is full. (Exception: polar latitudes)

[qt3.14159]

Um, you do know that moon rises do not necessarily coincide with sunsets, don't you?

They do when the moon is full. (Exception: polar latitudes)

 

Well now, don't I feel silly...

 

Edited June 17, 2008 by qt3.14159

[theslug]

I've seen a bunch of different colored suns and moons all the time. The fires in California and surrounding areas will sometimes make the sun really red or the moon orange/red. Crazy stuff.

[Enoch]

Actually, now that I think about it, polar latitudes wouldn't be an exception. Since the moon's orbit is on the same plane as the earth's orbit, when the moon is full (i.e., when earth is directly between the sun and the moon), every place where the sun sets, the moon should be rising.

[Rosbjerg]

Actually, now that I think about it, polar latitudes wouldn't be an exception. Since the moon's orbit is on the same plane as the earth's orbit, when the moon is full (i.e., when earth is directly between the sun and the moon), every place where the sun sets, the moon should be rising.

 

On the southern tip of India, the full moon rises exactly after the sun sets, only twice a year, according to the people there it's one of the only places on Earth it happens.. Also I've never seen the moon rise in the same spot as the sun had set here in Denmark.

[Enoch]

Actually, now that I think about it, polar latitudes wouldn't be an exception. Since the moon's orbit is on the same plane as the earth's orbit, when the moon is full (i.e., when earth is directly between the sun and the moon), every place where the sun sets, the moon should be rising.

 

On the southern tip of India, the full moon rises exactly after the sun sets, only twice a year, according to the people there it's one of the only places on Earth it happens.. Also I've never seen the moon rise in the same spot as the sun had set here in Denmark.

Well, sure, I didn't mean to imply "at that very exact instant." I'm sure that is quite rare, given that all the bodies in question are constantly moving and lots of little variables can change things (e.g., only one longitude on earth will see the sun set at the moment that the moon is precisely at the most "full" stage of its cycle; lunar day and night are longer than solar day and night due the the moon's orbit, etc.). But, in general, it is true that the full moon rises sometime around sunset and sets sometime around sunrise.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Holy ****, I just saw a black moon!

 

 

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