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Aug 6, 2014 19:53:11 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Aug 6, 2014 19:53:11 GMT -6
If that is supposed to be a shadow cast by some humanoid figure it's going the wrong way. All the other shadows go the opposite direction. I think it's just an optical illusion kind of like the Mars face and seeing Jesus in a plate of mashed potatoes.
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Aug 6, 2014 23:41:26 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 23:41:26 GMT -6
You're right about the shadows. My thing was the idea that at any given time there would be an alien sitting on a rock to have his picture taken...it struck me as more than passing odd...or very coincidental..and I don't believe in coincidences. Seems that some of the hoaxers go to very great lengths for a spot of fun.
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Aug 15, 2014 13:50:55 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 15, 2014 13:50:55 GMT -6
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2725678/Man-moon-mystery-solved-Nasa-claims-strange-figure-just-scratch-negative-film.html 'Man' on the moon mystery solved? Nasa claims the strange figure was just a 'scratch on the negative of the film'By Ellie Zolfagharifard For Mailonline Published: 15 August 2014 *YouTube user Wowforreal posted a video showing the 'alien' figure *Image was originally captured by either the Apollo 15 or 17 missions *Figure can been seen on Google Moon at 27°34’26.35″N 19°36’4.75″W *Nasa claims it was either 'dust, an eyelash [or] scratch on the negative' *Seeing familiar things in random objects is a known as Pareidolia *Scientists claim we also tend to use this ability to 'enrich our imagination' and recognise meaningful shapes, even when they're not there'An irregularly shaped dark spot he noticed on Google Moon looks like it could be a cast shadow from a massive standing object, or figure,' Wowforreeel told UFO Sighting Daily An eerie video claiming to show an 'alien' figure walking on the moon went viral earlier this week. Theories ranged from shadows cast by a nearby boulder to an ancient alien statue placed on the lunar surface. Now Nasa has announced the figure is simply 'dust, an eyelash [or] scratch on the negative' of the film that took the image. The video, showing the images, was posted by YouTube user Wowforreel and it has already been viewed more than two million times in less than a month. Noah Petro, a deputy project scientist for the Lunar Renaissance Orbiter (LROC) mission that is currently orbiting the moon, told Pix11 that the image was taken by either the Apollo 15 or 17 manned missions to the moon in 1971 and 1972 respectively. He points out that a current LROC doesn't show any lunar feature that could cause that pattern on the ground. 'My best guess, is that something (dust, an eyelash, scratch on the negative) was on the film,' Dr Petro told Pix11. 'Remember, this was in the pre-digital days when all sorts of nasty things could happen to film.' The popularity of the video can be explained by a psychological phenomenon called Pareidolia, which is the brain's response to seeing faces and other significant objects in random stimulus. Wowforreel said he started investigating the shadow, which can also be seen on Google Moon at 27°34’26.35″N 19°36’4.75″W, after receiving an online tip from another web user named Jasenko. ‘An irregularly shaped dark spot he noticed on Google Moon looks like it could be a cast shadow from a massive standing object, or figure,’ Wowforreeel told UFO Sighting Daily. ‘At first I thought maybe it was something drawn into the picture but after going to Google Moon, whatever it is or isn't…uh, is there.’ CONTINUE READING: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2725678/Man-moon-mystery-solved-Nasa-claims-strange-figure-just-scratch-negative-film.html
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Aug 20, 2014 12:00:35 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 20, 2014 12:00:35 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/08/controversy-surrounds-claims-of-alien-moon-base/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controversy-surrounds-claims-of-alien-moon-base Controversy Surrounds Claims of “Alien Moon Base” August 20, 2014 by Micah Hanks Could there be life on the Moon? Whether or not the lunar surface is conducive to the appearance and sustenance of indigenous life forms, many have questioned whether there could be extra-lunar visitors who may have utilized Earth’s barren satellite for their advantage. International Business Times recently featured a discussion of the claims of Scott Waring, a researcher who utilizes Google Moon to scour the lunar surface for anomalies. At the coordinates 19°43’02.81″ N and 20°30’52.97″ E, a dark area that appears in photos supports further evidence of a lunar base which, Waring suggests, may be inhabited by aliens. Waring provides a brief analysis: “On the back side alone there is seven to eight right angles. The darkness around the edges seems to tell us that there is a large cavity underneath the structure, under the ground and also along the edges here there is a walled area which tells us there is a cavity there because the wall is to keep things from falling in.” While such claims often allege the existence of alien visitors on the moon (as suggested by Waring), some proponents of “Moon Base” theories place the origin of the lunar bases much closer to home; Earth, to be specific. The idea of alien moon bases has remained ever-present in our culture, following the realization that Earth’s extremities might serve as strategic points of advantage following the Second World War. This logic had been, in part, the impetus behind the Nazi interest in exploring Antarctica, along with subsequent exploration carried out by Admiral Richard E. Byrd during what became the ill-fated Operation Highjump, during which cryptic statements Byrd made were misconstrued by media and fringe researchers over time, which has contributed to rumors that he discovered a Nazi base while he was there. Taking things one step further, conspiracy theories surrounding Nazi travel to the lunar surface, as well as similar ideas about plans for lunar bases that would utilize the Moon’s off-planet location for Star Wars-style strategic advantages during wartime have filled the pages of fringe history books, as well as movies including the campy Iron Sky, which played with the idea that after World War II, a faction of Nazis had escaped and gone into hiding on the far side of the Moon. There is some legitimacy to claims about world governments seeking to put men on the Moon on a semi-permanent basis. At the website of the National Security Archive, documents recently disclosed dating back to the late 1950s reveal that the United States had even toyed with the idea; specifically two Army and Air Force studies that occurred between 1959 and 1961 that specifically probed the possibility of whether a military lunar base could be created, with intention of using such a facility for Earth and space surveillance, in addition to a project called the Lunar Based Earth Bombardment System. CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/08/controversy-surrounds-claims-of-alien-moon-base/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controversy-surrounds-claims-of-alien-moon-base
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Sept 10, 2014 13:21:47 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 10, 2014 13:21:47 GMT -6
www.space.com/26932-moon-smell-apollo-lunar-aroma.html?cmpid=514648_20140825_30418396The Moon Smells: Apollo Astronauts Describe Lunar AromaBy Leonard David, Space.com's Space Insider Columnist August 25, 2014 Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin kicks up moon dust during a moonwalk on NASA"s historic first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. Credit: NASAThe moon has a distinctive smell. Ask any Apollo moonwalker about the odiferous nature of the lunar dirt and you'll get the same answer. With NASA's six Apollo lunar landing missions between 1969 and the end of 1972, a total of 12 astronauts kicked up the powdery dirt of the moon, becoming an elite group later to be tagged as the "dusty dozen." From the modest 2.5 hour "moonwalk" of Apollo 11 to the forays totaling just over 22 hours outside a spacecraft on Apollo 17, NASA's Apollo landing crews could not escape tracking lunar material inside their moon lander homes. [The Moon: 10 Surprising Facts] Decades later, moonwalkers and lunar scientists are still trying to appreciate exactly what the moon's aroma brings to the astronaut's nose. That fresh lunar regolith smell“All I can say is that everyone's instant impression of the smell was that of spent gunpowder, not that it was 'metallic' or 'acrid'. Spent gunpowder smell probably was much more implanted in our memories than other comparable odors," said Apollo 17's Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, a scientist-astronaut who walked the moon's surface in December of 1972. Schmitt said that he believed all the moonwalkers agreed and commented at the time that, when they took their helmets off, 'fresh' regolith (the scientific name for moon dirt) in the cabin air smelled like spent gunpowder. [Apollo Quiz: Are You A Moon Landing Expert?] "For what it is worth, I always have suspected that the olfactory sensors are reacting to a variety of unsatisfied electron bonds as one would have in both just fired gunpowder and lunar dust newly introduced in the cabin," Schmitt said. "By the way, the time from starting re-pressurization [of the lunar lander] to my first comment about gunpowder was almost exactly seven minutes." CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/26932-moon-smell-apollo-lunar-aroma.html?cmpid=514648_20140825_30418396
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Oct 22, 2014 11:23:57 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Oct 22, 2014 11:23:57 GMT -6
www.space.com/27502-tom-hanks-alan-bean-new-yorker.html?cmpid=514648www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/alan-bean-plus-four October 27, 2014 Issue Alan Bean Plus FourBy Tom Hanks Travelling to the moon was way less complicated this year than it was back in 1969, as the four of us proved, not that anyone gives a whoop. You see, over cold beers on my patio, with the crescent moon a delicate princess fingernail low in the west, I told Steve Wong that if he threw, say, a hammer with enough muscle, said tool would make a five-hundred-thousand-mile figure eight, sail around that very moon, and return to Earth like a boomerang, and wasn’t that fascinating? Steve Wong works at Home Depot, so has access to many hammers. He offered to chuck a few. His co-worker MDash, who’d shortened his long tribal name to rap-star length, wondered how one would catch a red-hot hammer falling at a thousand miles an hour. Anna, who does something in Web design, said that there’d be nothing to catch, as the hammer would burn up like a meteor, and she was right. Plus, she didn’t buy the simplicity of my cosmic throw-wait-return. She is ever doubtful of my space-program bona fides. She says I’m always “Apollo 13 this” and “Lunokhod that,” and have begun to falsify details in order to sound like an expert, and she is right about that, too. I keep all my nonfiction on a pocket-size Kobo digital reader, so I whipped out a chapter from “No Way, Ivan: Why the CCCP Lost the Race to the Moon,” written by an émigré professor with an axe to grind. According to him, in the mid-sixties the Soviets hoped to trump the Apollo program with just such a figure-eight mission: no orbit, no landing, just photos and crowing rights. The Reds sent off an unmanned Soyuz with, supposedly, a mannequin in a spacesuit, but so many things went south that they didn’t dare try again, not even with a dog. Kaputnik. Anna is as thin and smart as a whip, and driven like no one else I have ever dated (for three exhausting weeks). She saw a challenge here. She wanted to succeed where the Russians had failed. It would be fun. We’d all go, she said, and that was that, but when? I suggested that we schedule liftoff in conjunction with the forty-fifth anniversary of Apollo 11, the most famous space flight in history, but that was a no-go, as Steve Wong had dental work scheduled for the third week of July. How about November, when Apollo 12 landed in the Ocean of Storms, also forty-five years ago but forgotten by 99.999 per cent of the people on Earth? Anna had to be a bridesmaid at her sister’s wedding the week after Halloween, so the best date for the mission turned out to be September 27th, a Saturday. LISTEN TO TOM HANKS READ 'ALAN BEAN PLUS FOUR' & CONTINUE READING: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/alan-bean-plus-four
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Nov 22, 2014 16:23:48 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Nov 22, 2014 16:23:48 GMT -6
JFK MOON SPEECH
Uploaded on Aug 27, 2008
"We choose to go to the Moon"
As we sit at the precipice of a new era of exploration, I thought it appropriate to revisit the original inspiration and rationale for the first lunar exploration program as so eloquently stated by John F. Kennedy. The original speech by JFK was held in Houston, TX at the Rice Stadium in the fall of 1962.
"Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, 'Because it is there.' Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."
-John F. Kennedy, Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962
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Jan 4, 2015 14:28:47 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 4, 2015 14:28:47 GMT -6
Shoot For The Moon - a short film about space exploration
Published on Dec 28, 2014
A homeless astronaut sets out for the moon armed with nothing more than a travel case, some bottle rockets and a trolley-load of ambition.
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Jan 7, 2015 12:52:29 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 7, 2015 12:52:29 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Jan 25, 2015 14:28:41 GMT -6
ALIENS EXIST ON THE MOON
Published on Nov 5, 2014
UFO Documentary Full 2014 l : There's a new documentary about to be released on the SyFy channel entitled "Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed." The two-hour special will be exposing the truth about aliens on the moon, producer Robert Kiviat has put together this movie. He's known for documentaries such as Alien Autopsy Fact or Fiction? and Best UFO Cases Ever Caught on Tape. The 2014 UFO documentary will air on July 20th, so set your DVR's or mark it on your calendar. SyFy has made the claim never-before-seen photos from NASA will be shown in this documentary, revealing installations, factories, saucers, hangers and huge satellite dishes on the moon. Astronauts and other experts will be in the film to comment, I think this is one show worth checking out UFO Documentary Full 2014 : [ New UFO Sightings ]
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Feb 10, 2015 14:57:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 10, 2015 14:57:40 GMT -6
www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/06/crash_course_astronomy_episode_4_phases_of_the_moon.htmlFeb. 6 2015
Crash Course Astronomy Episode 4: Phases of the MoonBy Phil Plait / www.slate.com/authors.phil_plait.htmlBesides the daily motions of the Sun and stars, the most obvious change in the night sky over a week or so is the changing phase of the Moon. Sometimes it’s a thin fingernail Moon, sometimes it’s an arresting silvery disk dominating the night sky. What causes this? There’s a misconception I’ve heard where people think they’re seeing the shadow of the Earth on the Moon. But that’s not it; when that happens you get a lunar eclipse, not different phases. It turns out it’s just geometry. The angle between the Moon, the Sun, and us on Earth is what determines the phase. I could spell it out for you here, but it turns out I don’t have to. This guy looks like he’ll be happy to explain it all: This is another one of those topics that might be hard to imagine in your head. But it’s also one where your best bet is to go outside every night and try to find the Moon. And I mean every night for as long as weather permits. There’s nothing like seeing it for yourself to help you really see it. CONTINUE READING: www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/06/crash_course_astronomy_episode_4_phases_of_the_moon.html
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Mar 27, 2015 14:14:05 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Mar 27, 2015 14:14:05 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150325-nasa-asteroid-boulder-collection-mission-space/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150326news-nasaspace&utm_campaign=Content&sf8216066=1 Billion-Dollar Road Trip Will Bring Space Boulder Into Lunar Orbit NASA plans to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, pluck a boulder from its surface, and put it in orbit around the moon.By Nadia Drake, National Geographic PUBLISHED March 25, 2015 NASA originally planned to drag an entire asteroid into orbit around the moon, but a new plan would just snag a boulder from the surface of an asteroid (illustrated here), then carry the rock back to lunar orbit for further study. Illustration courtesy NASA NASA is going on a $1.25-billion road trip, and all we’re getting is this lousy boulder. Today, the space agency announced a modified plan for its Asteroid Redirect Mission: Instead of bringing an entire asteroid back to lunar orbit, an uncrewed spacecraft will snag a boulder. “We’re going to have a sensor suite on the spacecraft that will allow us to actually look at the boulders and actually make an educated choice about which ones we’re going to pull,” says NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot. “Let’s get on with it.” As described during a news conference, NASA will select a final destination for its spacecraft in 2019. There’s already a space-rock short list that includes Itokawa, Bennu, and 2008 EV5, the last of which is currently at the top of the list. The spacecraft will launch in December 2020, then spend about two years heading into an asteroid belt in Earth's neighborhood. Once it gets there, it will retrieve a boulder up to 13 feet (four meters) wide from the surface, then spend anywhere between 215 and 400 days circling the asteroid, using its gravity to nudge the giant rock into a different orbit. Next, the spacecraft will return its prize, the boulder, to a stable orbit around the moon in 2025. At that point, astronauts could rendezvous with the boulder and collect samples. CONTINUE READING: news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150325-nasa-asteroid-boulder-collection-mission-space/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150326news-nasaspace&utm_campaign=Content&sf8216066=1 ASTEROID REDIRECT MISSION
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Post by auntym on May 11, 2015 12:04:28 GMT -6
www.universetoday.com/120081/book-review-the-seventh-landing/
the aliens must have finallly agreed to let us come back... Book Review: The Seventh Landing — Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stayby Mark Mortimer / www.universetoday.com/author/mark/ May 4, 2015 The Seventh Landing by Michael Carroll. Can you remember back to your first love? The one that left you in tears, wondering what ever caused such a disaster. Well, that feeling might come back to you if you read Michael Carroll’s “The Seventh Landing.” For you see, this book anticipates the imminent Constellation program of 2009 that was going to return the United States to the Moon and then on to Mars. We know what happened instead and we know a few tears must have been shed, perhaps even yours. Yes, this book is all about the Constellation program and its Ares I and ARES V launch vehicles. But more than that, and what makes it still applicable today, is that the book really gets into a lunar landing program as the next step in humankind’s expansion off of Earth — and how it’s the logical precursor to the next step: a settlement on Mars. This logical progression jumps right out via the table of contents. First there’s an excellent chapter that recovers what’s already transpired; the good and bad of both the Apollo program and the early Soviet space program. The writing style and copious quantities of vintage photographs bring a sense of immediacy and presence. The second chapter takes you to the promised land. This land is full of large expendable launch vehicles; human rated and ready to transport material and supplies. Here’s where the value of this book continues on to today. That is, the book provides a systems analysis point of view on, for instance, why various engines would be better or how to use ping pong balls to design a lunar capsule. With this, the reader can start to get a grasp on the complexity of this undertaking. Interesting yes, but what about that purpose again? Oh yes, it was to put humans on the Moon. Well that’s the book’s next chapter. CONTINUE READING: www.universetoday.com/120081/book-review-the-seventh-landing/
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May 26, 2015 14:25:48 GMT -6
Post by auntym on May 26, 2015 14:25:48 GMT -6
www.ancient-code.com/the-moon-an-artificial-base-who-put-the-moon-in-a-perfect-orbit-around-earth/ The Moon, an artificial base; Who put the moon in a perfect orbit around Earth?Ivan Petricevic / www.ancient-code.com/author/ivanpetricevic/May 25, 2015 Apparently the moon is a terraformed, engineered piece of hardware, with a 3 mile thick outer layer of dust and rock, which has, below this layer, a thick solid shell of around 20 miles made of highly resistant materials such as titanium , uranium 236, mica, neptumium 237. Not what you would expect to find “inside” the Moon. Despite six visits announced by US astronauts between 1969 and 1972, the Moon remains an enigma for scientists in many aspects. The solutions to these riddles may indicate an alien aspect of our familiar Moon. Called “the Rosetta Stone of the planets” by Dr. Robert Jastrow, the first president of NASA’s Commission of Lunar Exploration, scientists hoped to understand the composition and formation of the moon and solve some of the mysteries of how our planet and solar system came into existence. However, six lunar landings later, science writer Earl Ubell said: “… the Moon remains a mystery. The Moon is more complicated than anyone expected, is not just a frozen billiard ball in space and time, as many scientists had believed. The Moon is far older than imagined, some have ventured out to say that it might well be older than planet Earth. The Moon has at least three distinct layers of rock. Contrary to the idea that heavier objects sink, heavier rocks are found on the surface. And there is a gap defined in the distribution of minerals. WATCH VIDEOS & CONTINUE READING: www.ancient-code.com/the-moon-an-artificial-base-who-put-the-moon-in-a-perfect-orbit-around-earth/
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Post by auntym on May 31, 2015 17:01:27 GMT -6
JFK'S MOON SPEECH
JFK's eternal speech at Rice University on September 12th, 1962 setting the goal of the space race during the 1960's
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Jun 11, 2015 11:55:28 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jun 11, 2015 11:55:28 GMT -6
WHY DO PEOPLE GO CRAZY DURING A FULL MOON?
Published on Jul 3, 2014
Have you ever heard that people go crazy during a full Moon? What's going on to cause all this lunacy? Or maybe, just maybe, it's all a myth and nothing special ever happens during full moons.
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Jun 11, 2015 12:31:19 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Jun 11, 2015 12:31:19 GMT -6
"it's all a myth and nothing special ever happens during full moons..."
Perhaps, but any elementary school teacher will vehemently argue otherwise.....
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Jun 11, 2015 13:14:19 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 13:14:19 GMT -6
"it's all a myth and nothing special ever happens during full moons..."
Perhaps, but any elementary school teacher will vehemently argue otherwise.....
He he. I'm not a teacher, but as a student back in the day I did my fair share of it. The moon does have influences on the Earth and people. I believe certain events can trigger the butterfly effect. Is it just a coincidence that the moon is located and spinning on it's axis in such a way that it provides the Earth with many necessary ingredients for life to exist ?
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Jun 16, 2015 17:19:37 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jun 16, 2015 17:19:37 GMT -6
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150605.html Green Flash at MoonriseImage Credit & Copyright: Daniel López (El Cielo de Canarias) Explanation: Follow a sunset on a clear day against a distant horizon and you might glimpse a green flash just as the Sun disappears, the sunlight briefly refracted over a long sight-line through atmospheric layers. You can spot a green flash at sunrise too. Pinpointing the exact place and time to see the rising Sun peeking above the horizon is a little more difficult though, and it can be harder still to catch a green flash from the fainter rising Moon. But well-planned snapshots did record a green flash at the Full Moon's upper edge on June 2nd, from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the Canary Island of La Palma. Looking a little south of due east, this long telephoto view finds the rising Moon above mountains and a sea of clouds. In sunlit profile are the mountaintop Teide Observatory telescope domes on the island of Tenerife some 143 kilometers away. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150605.html
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Post by patsbox7 on Jun 17, 2015 23:57:27 GMT -6
That green flash you see during sunrise and sunset is the holographic projector firing up.
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Jun 22, 2015 13:08:05 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jun 22, 2015 13:08:05 GMT -6
Why is the Moon Leaving Us?
Published on Jun 9, 2014
Goodbye Moon. Every year, the Moon slips a few centimeters away from us, slowing down our day. Why is the Moon drifting away from us, and how long will it take before the Earth and the Moon are tidally locked to each other?
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Jul 27, 2015 13:50:50 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jul 27, 2015 13:50:50 GMT -6
www.cosmostv.org/2015/07/what-is-blue-moon-when-is-blue-moon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FAXBha+%28COSMOS+TV+NEWS%29 ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ is coming in July 31 Friday,2015A blue moon has a couple of definitions. One is when dust makes a full moon look blue to the observer from the ground, literally, because the dust collected in the atmosphere creates the illusion. The second, more common, is when there are two full moons in one month. And, that's what we are expecting July 31, 2015 – a second full moon called a Blue Moon that doesn't actually look blue. (Yes, there is a third -- a Blue Moon is a popular beer, but, we assume here that people are searching for lunar answers, not ones relating to hops and craft beer. If you want that, go here...) From NASA: "According to modern folklore, a Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. Usually months have only one full moon, but occasionally a second one sneaks in. Full moons are separated by 29 days, while most months are 30 or 31 days long; so it is possible to fit two full moons in a single month. This happens every two and a half years, on average." "There are two definitions of a Blue Moon in astronomy; both are a type of full moon. If the moon actually looks blue, it's caused by a rare type of dust in the atmosphere," according to timeanddate.com Since a full moon occurs every 29.5 days, it isn't a normal occurrence that two full moons appear in the same month. But July 2015 is one of those rare months, with two full moons – and thus, July 31 2015, the second full moon of the month, will be a Blue Moon. From moongiant.com: "Depending on the exact time of the Blue Moon it is possible that some places in the world don't technicly have a Blue Moon. As an example the Blue Moon on August 31, 2012 occured exactly at 13:58 UT. The Blue Moon will occur on August 31 for South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, India, and Austrialia but New Zealand will just miss out. For New Zealand the Full Moon occurs just past mid-night on September 1st." "Astronomical Blue Moons happen either once every two to three years or so, depending on which of the two definitions you apply. A Moon that actually looks blue, however, is a very rare sight. The Moon, full or any other phase, can appear blue when the atmosphere is filled with dust or smoke particles of a certain size; slightly wider than 0.7 micron, for instance after a dust storm or a volcanic eruption," according to timeanddate.com. MORE: www.cosmostv.org/2015/07/what-is-blue-moon-when-is-blue-moon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FAXBha+%28COSMOS+TV+NEWS%29
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Jul 31, 2015 13:02:30 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jul 31, 2015 13:02:30 GMT -6
www.space.com/30110-blue-moon-full-moon-rises-tonight.html?cmpid=514648 Blue Moon Full Moon Rises Tonight: What to Expectby Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer July 31, 2015 There's a "Blue Moon" in the sky tonight — but that doesn't mean the lunar surface will turn indigo. Tonight's (July 31) moon will be a gorgeous sight, but it won't look different than any other full moon. The term Blue Moon has come to refer to the second full moon in a given month (since full moons come around about every 29 days, most months only contain one). So set your sights skyward tonight, but don't expect a change in the moon's regular hue. NASA explained the July 31 Blue Moon in a video released earlier this week. However, there are rare occasions when the moon can appear to turn blue. According to the Science@NASA blog, observers have reported the moon having a bluish tint following volcanic eruptions. These explosions send particulates (like ash and smoke) into the air that scatter red light, but let blue light through, creating a natural blue filter and giving the moon a sapphire complexion. [Amazing Blue Moon Photos by Stargazers] "Back in 1883, for example, people saw blue moons almost every night after the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa exploded with the force of a 100-megaton nuclear bomb," according to the Science@NASA statement. "People also saw blue-colored moons in 1983 after the eruption of the El Chichón volcano in Mexico. And there are reports of blue moons caused by Mount St. Helens in 1980 and Mount Pinatubo in 1991." Particulates created by forest fires can also create a blue filter in the sky, according to NASA. "A famous example is the giant muskeg fire of Sept. 1953 in Alberta, Canada," NASA officials explained in the statement. "Clouds of smoke containing micron-sized oil droplets produced lavender suns and blue moons all the way from North American to England. At this time of year, summer wildfires often produce smoke with an abundance of micron-sized particles — just the right size to turn the moon truly blue." WATCH VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/30110-blue-moon-full-moon-rises-tonight.html?cmpid=514648
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Aug 9, 2015 12:58:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 9, 2015 12:58:40 GMT -6
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Aug 26, 2015 14:29:51 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 26, 2015 14:29:51 GMT -6
blog.simulationcurriculum.com/articles/2015/8/26/see-the-supermoon-on-saturday See The Supermoon On SaturdayAugust 26, 2015 by Geoff Gaherty You’ll probably be hearing a lot about a “super moon” for the next few months. This is not a term that astronomers use, but here are some facts about what will actually be happening. Full moon is when the sun, Earth, and moon line up with the Earth in the middle. As seen from the surface of the Earth, the moon is fully illuminated. Because it is exactly opposite the sun in the sky, the moon rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west and, roughly 12 hours later, sets in the west just as the sun is rising in the east. Because the Earth is constantly revolving around the sun and the moon is constantly revolving around the Earth, full moon is an instantaneous event, occurring when the moon is exactly opposite the sun. This week this happens at 2:35 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 29. A minute earlier, the moon’s phase is “waxing gibbous,” and a minute later it is “waning gibbous.” Each full moon occurs roughly 29.53 days after the previous full moon. “Roughly” because the moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, but instead is elliptical in shape. The exact time of full moon varies a little bit from month to month. The most important result of the moon’s elliptical orbit is that sometimes the moon is closer to the Earth, and sometimes farther away. The time when it is nearest is called “perigee” and the time when it is farthest is called “apogee.” What we are most interested in is perigee, the date and time when the moon is closest to Earth. This month perigee occurs on Sunday, August 30, at 11 a.m. EDT, about 18 hours after full moon. At that time, the moon will be 222,631 miles (358,290 km) away from Earth. CONTINUE READING: blog.simulationcurriculum.com/articles/2015/8/26/see-the-supermoon-on-saturday
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Sept 13, 2015 12:16:34 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 13, 2015 12:16:34 GMT -6
www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/29883/20150910/moons-crust-shattered-asteroids-fractured-surface-much-possible.htm Moon's Crust is Shattered: Asteroids Fractured Surface as Much as Possibleby Catherine Griffin First Posted: Sep 10, 2015 It turns out that our moon can take a few hits. Scientists have found that the moon's crust is as fractured as it possibly could be after the beating it took 4 billion years ago. Researchers analyzed the gravity signatures of more than 1,200 craters (in yellow) on the far side of the moon. (Photo : MIT/Courtesy of the Researchers) It turns out that our moon can take a few hits. Scientists have found that the moon's crust is as fractured as it possibly could be after the beating it took 4 billion years ago. The researchers used data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), which are twin spacecraft that orbited the moon throughout 2012. Each measured the push and pull of the other as an indicator of the moon's gravity. The researchers then mapped the gravity field in and around more than 1,200 craters on the far side of the moon, a place known as the lunar highlands. They found that the lunar highlands appear to have been so heavily bombarded that the impacts completely shattered the upper crust, leaving these regions essentially as fractured and porous as they could be. Not only that, but further impacts may have had the opposite effect and helped seal up these pores over time. The researchers spotted this particular effect in the upper layer of the crust, called the megaregolith. This layer is dominated by relatively small craters, measuring 30 kilometers or less in diameter. In contrast, it appears that deeper layers of crust, that are affected by larger craters, are not quite as battered and are less fractured and porous. "The whole process of generating pore space within planetary crusts is critically important in understanding how water gets into the subsurface," said Jason Soderblom, one of the researchers, in a news release. "On Earth, we believe that life may have evolved somewhat in the subsurface, and this is a primary mechanism to create subsurface pockets and void spaces, and really drives a lot of the rates at which these processes happen. The moon is a really ideal place to study this." The findings reveal a bit more about the moon and its formation which may, in turn, shed a bit of light on how the Earth formed, as well. The findings are published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/29883/20150910/moons-crust-shattered-asteroids-fractured-surface-much-possible.htm
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Sept 23, 2015 13:06:28 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 23, 2015 13:06:28 GMT -6
astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2015/09/eclipse-of-the-super-moon Eclipse of the Super Moon
The largest Full Moon of 2015 slips into Earth's shadow on September 27.By Martin Ratcliffe, Richard Talcott Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Earth's shadow will cover the Moon in shades of orange and red the evening of September 27, just as it did during this August 1989 eclipse. Bill and Sally Fletcher Every object in the solar system casts a shadow. Large objects, like Earth, create big shadows that can engulf entire worlds, even if those worlds loom bigger than normal. eclipse_finder The totally eclipsed Moon on September 27 lies in southern Pisces the Fish, below the Great Square of Pegasus. Astronomy: Roen Kelly On the night of September 27/28, the Full Moon plunges through Earth’s shadow for the second time this year, and this time, it’s the biggest Full Moon of 2015. The resulting total lunar eclipse lasts more than an hour and occurs during the evening across the Americas. For most observers, a lunar eclipse begins when the Moon starts to enter the dark umbral portion of Earth’s shadow. This occurs at 9:07 p.m. EDT on the 27th, which is after moonrise in the eastern three-quarters of North America and all of South America. CONTINUE READING: astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2015/09/eclipse-of-the-super-moon
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Sept 27, 2015 12:17:21 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Sept 27, 2015 12:17:21 GMT -6
www.aol.com/article/2015/09/26/dont-miss-sundays-rare-celestial-event-how-to-see-the-supermo/21240033/?icid=maing-grid7|aol20-g|dl5|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-205503923Sunday's Rare Celestial Event: Will Forecast Hamper Your View of Supermoon, Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse?By Eric Chaney / THE WEATHER CHANNEL Published Sep 26 2015 Big Weekend For Skywatchers Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari explains the science behind the supermoon, visible around the world this Sunday. Most all of North America, South America and Africa will have a chance to see something truly amazing on Sunday when three celestial events – a full moon, a supermoon, and a lunar eclipse – will coincide for a few hours. The majority of the viewing area will see the full eclipse for about an hour, but where you are in the world will determine just how late you need stay awake (or how early you need to get up) to take it all in. According to USA Today, the West Coast of the United States and Canada have the best timeframe. Folks in Vancouver and Los Angeles can enjoy the sight over dinner with the full eclipse happening around 7:11 p.m. It will last one hour and 12 minutes. Eastern U.S. cities, including New York and Atlanta, will have to wait until 10:11 p.m., and South American cities such as Rio will have to wait a further hour. Viewers in Europe and Africa will have to get up early on the morning of the 28th, with the full eclipse peaking at around 3:11 a.m. in London and Tangier and about 4:11 a.m. for Madrid and Cape Town. WATCH VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.weather.com/science/news/who-has-best-views-of-supermoon-eclipse
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Sept 27, 2015 18:54:19 GMT -6
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Oct 10, 2015 12:23:50 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Oct 10, 2015 12:23:50 GMT -6
uk.news.yahoo.com/rainbow-ufo-is-seen--watching--apollo-mission-in-new-nasa-photos-090255202.html#q2GftsV Rainbow UFO Is Seen ‘Watching’ Apollo Mission In New NASA PhotosIs this an alien craft watching as astronauts walked on the moon in 1972? by Rob Waugh Fri, Oct 9, 2015 Moon As Man took his first steps into space, were rainbow-coloured alien craft watching our progress, silently? That’s the conclusion drawn by UFO fans after strange groups of lights were seen in newly released NASA images of the Apollo 17 mission. Others suggest it could be something far more boring - such as a distortion in the image, one of thousands released by NASA this week on Flickr. Apollo 17 was the last time Man walked on the moon, in 1972 - the conclusion of America's Apollo space programme. Alien hunter Scott Waring of the UFO blog UFO Sightings Daily is convinced this is ‘proof’ that alien life exists, though. Waring says, ‘All evidence points to this being 100% real guys. Not doubts here. ‘In it is alien tech at its finest. Watching the Apollo 17 astronauts on the moon. ‘The colors of the craft are boggling to say the least, and beautiful. The three glowing engine areas are concurrent with what Bob Lazar says most alien small craft have. ‘Also the round aura the surrounds the craft is also what he says is caused by the propulsion systems of the craft.’ CONTINUE READING: uk.news.yahoo.com/rainbow-ufo-is-seen--watching--apollo-mission-in-new-nasa-photos-090255202.html#q2GftsV
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