Timelapse video of a total eclipse of the moon. The moon was seen by the Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, CA and US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
BLOOD MOON
Timelapse video of a total eclipse of the moon. The moon was seen by the Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, CA and US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
last time I was up there I saw it from the other side..It was while I was having a dream.
During totality the moon was much darker than usual which I expect is due to all of the volcanic eruptions since the last lunar eclipse I saw.
If you were on the east coast of the USA you could have seen a selenelion or horizontal eclipse which allows you to see the full moon and sun in the sky simultaneously. If you know how an eclipse works you know the geometry would prevent this but the light from both the moon and sun are refracted making it appear as though both bodies are in the sky simultaneously. It is a very rare event.
careful, bb, your soul may have been wandering far from its nest.
we tried to go to the griffith observatory but there was a concert at the greek and the hill up and down from the observatory was slammed with parked cars, like heck I’m going to park a mile away downhill and walk up, although some folks were doing that from the git go on Los Feliz.
there was some starlight event at the observatory also, it was a real cluster-fuck
In a visually similar event, Einstein described a way to test General Relativity during a total solar eclipse. He predicted that the Sun would have enough gravity to bend starlight around the Sun and during a total eclipse of the Sun you would be able to see stars that were physically blocked by direct line of sight by the eclipsed star (Sun). In 1919 eclipse expeditions were made to many points on the Earth where a total eclipse would occur and photographs were taken that proved Einstien and his General Relativity Theory correct. It also made both him and his theory world famous.
From Wikipedia:
The result was considered spectacular news and made the front page of most major newspapers. It made Einstein and his theory of general relativity world-famous. When asked by his assistant what his reaction would have been if general relativity had not been confirmed by Eddington and Dyson in 1919, Einstein famously made the quip: “Then I would feel sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct anyway.”
This gravitational bending of star light was later found elsewhere in the universe and the gravitational lensing of a quasar was named Einstein Cross. The gravitational lensing galaxy is only 400 million light years away but acts like a magnifying glass to reveal multiple images the 8 billion light year distant quasar. Truly amazing stuff.
I’ll bet Einstein would have been a great guy to get half liquored up with and spend an evening talking!
Einstein Cross
[/img]
[img