Something for you moon shiners. Tomorrow night we will see the second full moon in the month of December known as a "Blue moon"
Hope the sky is clear wherever you find yourself tomorrow night, so be sure to take a moment to gaze at the moon.
Gilliatt
I hope I can remember to gaze up tomorrow night. I wonder (pardon my ignorance)... does it really look blue?
blue moon
I watched the moon while on our way to grandma's house for the annual year-end reunion. It wasn't blue at all, just the normal color. Still, a pretty sight to behold.
Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
Yo sé quién soy, y sé que puedo ser no sólo los que he dicho. - Don Quixote
Originally Posted by Maximilianus
Max, Crystalmmonshin,
Great question. The moon can take on a blue hue depending on the amount and type of particulates and or moisture is suspended in the atmosphere. The atmosphere can alter the light producing a different color. For example you may have noticed a full moon just above the horizon tends to be “yellow” while it appears “silver” when directly overhead. The yellow is due to the fact that you are viewing the moon through a deeper layer of atmosphere across the surface of the earth. Once overhead, we are now looking through a thinner layer of atmosphere, therefore producing a “cleaner” view.
Following a brief jaunt through Wikipedia, I understand the term blue moon originally referred to something that was likely to never happen or was extremely rare. “Once in a blue moon, Texas will have a white Christmas”. Apparently the meaning has morphed over the years now describing a second full moon in one month or the additional (13th) moon in a calendar year.
It is overcast here, but may clear up by evening.
Here are a couple of random finds related to the moon:
An excerpt from Thiruppavai by Aandaal, a Tamil saint and one of the twelve Alvar saints and only woman Alvar saint of Vaaishnavism. (from Wikipedia)
“The full moon day of Margazhi is here
What an auspicious day it is!
O dear ornamented girls
who thrive in Brindavana,
overflowing with prosperity
Come along, let us go bathe,
Come along if you so desire.
Narayana --
The son of Nandagopa,
whose sharp spear is readily so cruel --
The young lion of Yashoda,
whose eyes are so full of love --
With dark body
red eyes
face like the sun and moon
Narayana alone
will give us
The drum!
So join us, so that the people
Of the world will celebrate.
______________
“Silver”
by Walter de la Mare --
“Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy coat the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.”
Thanks for sharing this lovely poem:
Dark Muse seems to be compiling poems related to the moon. Perhaps you can post this to her thread? It's in the Poems, Poets and Poetry section, if I'm not mistaken.
Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
Yo sé quién soy, y sé que puedo ser no sólo los que he dicho. - Don Quixote
It's snowing/sleeting so the blue moon here is canceled. The next one is 2028.
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Well, I guess we live in the same city so it must be the same here.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
I could actually see it, as we have a clear sky on this side of the world. It had a similar aspect to the photo on the link that crystalmoonshin posted, though a lot brighter. Thank you Gilliatt for the abundant info you posted.
I live out east on Long Island; we usually have a whole different weather pattern here though.Well, I guess we live in the same city so it must be the same here.
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Oh someone help! I was watching a movie and had the computer on sleep and when I woke it up everything is now gigantic...the type, icons, even pages are running over the size of the monitor. I checked the magnification setting and it's hasn't been altered. Anybody have any idea why my computer would do this. I am really worried. It's never happened to me before. I tried restarting but it still was oversize. Maybe this blue moon did something to my computer. But seriously, I need help! SOS help!
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Janine, go to View on top of the internet window and try text size. Also on the lower right hand corner is the magnification. It should say 100%. What does it say?
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Yes, you do. It's really only a drizzle here. It's lovely out there. Are you far from Montauk Point?
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Not that close, about 1.5 hours away in summer traffic. I love going there in the summer. I don't care for the rest of the Hamptons that much, it's being taken over by celebs, but Montauk is just gorgeous and still belongs to us
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
I can't find either of those. Do you have Vista. I have a lot of small icons which I can hover over and see what they are in the right-hand bottom corner on the bar. I have a few on the left too but none say type size or magnification. I just went and changed the screen resolution...somehow it was all the way to the left. I put it in the middle approximately and now the type is smaller than normal. Do you know what it should be set at..what numbers?
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Well, I changed the screen resolution and the type looks clear and fine but the dimensions seem a bit off. For instance the avatars are not square and my photos look odd also. Something still is not right. What could have caused this to happen, seriously. Have I been moonbean struck?
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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