Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth’s atmosphere, though, the moon can appear quite different. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. What created the purple moon is unclear — it may be a combination of several effects. The last image captures the total lunar eclipse of 2018 July — where the moon, in Earth’s shadow, appeared a faint red — due to light refracted through air around the Earth. The next full moon will occur at the end of this month (moon-th) and is known in some cultures as the Beaver Moon. — All photographed by Marcella Giulia Pace at different places in Italy in a time span of 10 years.
A couple of those moon photographs make the moon sort of look like cheese. If you’re interested in learning how the moon came to be referred to as being made of cheese, allegedly it’s from an old Serbian tale of a fox and a wolf.
The other night, while peering at the moon through the telescope with my granddaughters, the moon appeared in color most closely to the ninth photo in that moon wheel, starting from the pinkish moon and working inward.
JackDecember 1, 2020, 1:03 PM
I love the moon and its affect upon the earth. I’ve seen it from the deck of a Navy aircraft carrier at night on a completely blacked out ship and I’ve also seen the Milky Way in the same setting. Out there, alone on that massive deck with no noise except the sound of wind across the bow and the noise of moving water as the ship ploughs through the oceans I have read books by the light of the Moon and the Milky Way. In its own way it’s a Holy experience for those of us who served and have seen it.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
What color is the Moon? It depends on the night.
Gerard Van der Leun
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A couple of those moon photographs make the moon sort of look like cheese. If you’re interested in learning how the moon came to be referred to as being made of cheese, allegedly it’s from an old Serbian tale of a fox and a wolf.
The other night, while peering at the moon through the telescope with my granddaughters, the moon appeared in color most closely to the ninth photo in that moon wheel, starting from the pinkish moon and working inward.
I love the moon and its affect upon the earth. I’ve seen it from the deck of a Navy aircraft carrier at night on a completely blacked out ship and I’ve also seen the Milky Way in the same setting. Out there, alone on that massive deck with no noise except the sound of wind across the bow and the noise of moving water as the ship ploughs through the oceans I have read books by the light of the Moon and the Milky Way. In its own way it’s a Holy experience for those of us who served and have seen it.