Lunar eclipse 'magnified' in US

Looks like you yanks are in for quite a spectical this evening

A partial lunar eclipse about to take place will appear magnified in the US by an effect known as the "moon illusion".

The eclipse will begin 1017 GMT when the Moon enters the shadow of Earth.

Because of the timing, it will not be visible from the UK or Europe.

But in many parts of the US and Canada, the eclipse will appear larger because it occurs while the Moon is so close to the horizon.

According to Nasa, low-hanging Moons look "unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects". The reason for this is not understood.

news.bbc.co.uk...

Should make for some cracking photos, especially as its so low on the horizon

*Jealous*


[edit on 26/6/2010 by Kliskey]

of course its cloudy here

well for us europeans you guys should put up some pics... always exciting to see events like these...

cool, didnt know this was going to happen, wonder if it was on the news like eclipses usualy are, or if theyve begun to ignore astronomical occurences also. luckily i found this thread before it happens here in a few hours, im on the west coast perfect place to see it before it sets while eclipsing over the ocean.

I Forgot about the eclipse tonight!

*heyJude hopes to see pics of the eclipse.

Second thought, isn't there another eclipse soon, in July? I might be wrong.

[edit on 26-6-2010 by heyJude]

Originally posted by heyJude
I Forgot about the eclipse tonight!

*heyJude hopes to see pics of the eclipse.

Second thought, isn't there another eclipse soon, in July? I might be wrong.

[edit on 26-6-2010 by heyJude]

Yes there is a solar eclipse on the 11th of july .
Sorry hard to stretch a second line .

I just ran out side, it looks cool. The more you stare it, it starts to appear like two moons overlapping.

[edit on 26-6-2010 by AmosGraber]

completely covered with clouds

No clouds here where I am, and it is BEAUTIFUL! First time seein' a lunar eclipse.

Looking beautiful down here in Oz

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Nice! It's the whole top half over here for me.

Ok did I miss it? I am guessing I did or is it later tonight?

[edit on 6/26/2010 by mblahnikluver]

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ya you did, sry.

also sorry i dont have a nice fancy camera like bkaust. im jealous.












the rest of the 12 photos i got here - s73.photobucket.com...

[edit on 26-6-2010 by pryingopen3rdeye]

[edit on 26-6-2010 by pryingopen3rdeye]

odd.. im gonna ramble about photobucket.

so... i have had that photobucket account for a couple years now, never realy done much with it, but apparently its always been set to private, and as such has always read to me that i have had 0 album visits, of course, cant visit a private album, but as soon as i put in those eclipse photos i had 27 album visits in 5 minutes after i tryed to visit it myself while logged out i figured out the private setting and undid it and made it public, but i got those 27 visits before making the account public, so, am i out of place and should post this on photobuckets help section? or perhaps is their a conspiracy regarding eclipse photos and recieving vists when my profile was still set to private?

Im in PA..and for some reason it seems like its been a full moon for about a week now, and not only that but the moon's looking a little brighter IMO

Originally posted by ATLien
Im in PA..and for some reason it seems like its been a full moon for about a week now, and not only that but the moon's looking a little brighter IMO

Yes i agree, it was very full and bright last night. I miss the eclipse.

Originally posted by pryingopen3rdeye
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ya you did, sry.

also sorry i dont have a nice fancy camera like bkaust. im jealous.

pffft - my camera is a fuji finepix s1500 - less then $250 and tripod was mum's toyota camry ;p - so don't be jealous! Great pics you got - I love how up north its on the top - trips me out Got some more:

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/a6e2bf927904.jpg[/atsimg]

and i played with the colour on these two for my DA account.

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