Our lunar neighbor will not shine blue, but the name is given because it is the second full moon to appear in the same month – the first occurs October 1. The moon will not be blue unfortunately and it is safe to assume that pictures with the color were altered or shot with a special blue camera filter.
Our lunar neighbor will not shine blue, but the name is given because it is the second full moon to appear in the same month - the first occurs October 1.
The cosmic display happens seven times every 19 years, which means the world will not see the next one on October 31 until 2039.
What makes this event even rarer is that it will be seen in all parts of the world for the first time since World War II.
Space is going to setup a spooky scene for trick-or-treaters this Halloween with a second full moon in October falling on Halloween night.
The moon will not be blue unfortunately and it is safe to assume that pictures with the color were altered or shot with a special blue camera filter, EarthSky reports,
However, it should make for a spectacular show on Halloween that will be visible all across the globe, which has not happened since 1944.
People in North and South America will have a glimpse of the Blue Moon, along with those in India, Europe and Asia.
The idea of a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month comes from an article in the March 1946 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine, EarthSky reports.
This issue published an an article called Once in a Blue Moon by James Hugh Pruett, who referred to the 1937 Maine Farmer's Almanac, but with a simpler definition.
'Seven times in 19 years there were - and still are - 13 full moons in a year,' he wrote.
'This gives 11 months with one full moon each and one with two.'
'This second in a month, so I interpret it, was called Blue Moon.'
A moon can turn blue, but the sighting is very rare.
EarthSky notes that sky conditions must align perfectly and contain large particles of dust or smoke to reflect a hue - making it unpredictable to know when one will rise.
Altogether, there will be 13 full moons in 2020, another rarity because most years only see 12.
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There are alternative theories of gravitation which I will not entertain here, other than to say everything is interconnected in resonance, coherence and decoherence waveform patterns.
Also, it is well established that the moon once had a 12 month, 30 day orbital period, during the same period that Earth itself had a 360 day orbital period around the sun. This changed to the present orbits after "THE EVENT" in the 8th century BCE. You can read more about that here [Link]
While there was clearly an Earth-shattering “event” between Venus, Mars, and Earth, it was a loooong time prior to 8th century BC, and had little to do with the version of the Iliad as described in your link.
You might also want to check out the Thunderbolts folks for a more modern/realistic view of Velikovsky...
Meanwhile, if you really want to make your hair go curly, you should check out this [Link] playlist from the SuspiciousObservers channel on YouTube... Much more fun than the site you referenced...
I admit the source I cited above has some bad creationist assumptions as well but his cyclical Earth-Mars-Venus catastrophism makes a lot of sense of world religion between 1500-700 BCE. This was the era of Jupiter, Venus and Mars as the supreme deities over humanity. I would personally tweak his theory a bit to make way for the Saturnian Config, and after its breakup cyclical catastrophism continued with Venus, Mars and Earth on elliptical orbits and having significant, repeated close encounters over the centuries leading up to the final meeting in March 20, 701 BCE (as recorded by the prophets Joel and Isaiah, to say nothing of the myriad secular records).
I’m suggesting that the biblical-period events that you mentioned would probably be more associated with residual cometary debris left over from a much earlier set of primary planetary interactions that were much more destructive/transformative to the Earth than the events in the first millennium BC.
My belief is that we are talking about a timeframe at least of the order of 10x what the linked site proposes, and that the wiping out of Atlantis ~ 12800 years ago was one of many previous cycles that wiped out civilizations/species going back a lot further.
There are plenty of examples of artifacts, monuments, and megalithic cities, which, based on their weathering or depth of burial, go back way beyond even the Atlantis timeframe.
In addition, if you check out the SO channel mentioned above, you will find some interesting hypotheses about our sun being another source of such catastrophes with, coincidentally, a 12,800 year cycle...
Cheers.
You're entitled to your belief and you have your reasoning for doing so. I have my belief based on different foundational premises (the primary difference being that of divine revelation). I'm simply being a realist: somehow I doubt a satisfactory middle ground will be found between our opinions.
I tend to be intense in terms of making a point, and often cannot judge very well how folks will react. My points were made assuming you were coming from one place, and it transpired that you were coming from a very different one.
It has been so long since I believed in any form of orthodoxy that I cannot comprehend how my comments would be interpreted - hence my pre-emptive apology - just in case!
I’m in agreement on the probability of no-middle ground on this topic, not because of an objection to divine revelation, but because, over the last 30 years, I formed a very unique view of reality that assumes all historical documentation from the past involves a loss of fidelity that increases with the depth of antiquity...
I learned to trust my ability to analyze and interpret what historical evidence survives today and only accept orthodoxy when it is consistent with my own experience/analysis.
But, I respect and appreciate your belief and your realism. Being able to have a civilized conversation with someone whose belief does not coincide exactly with your own is a very rare thing nowadays! I see it as a tribute to the content of the SOTT site, and community, that they attract mature thinkers.
Strangely, I appear to have stopped watching Southpark in ~ 2005. (Coincidental to when I moved in with my SO... Funny that!)
Southpark has been replaced on my tv by QVC... Hmmm...
I do love the SOTT community though - always inspiring!