Watch for ‘Super-Sized’ Blood Red Lunar Eclipse This Saturday Morning
- Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:45pm by
Liz Klimas
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West Coasters may want to make an effort to get up slightly before day break tomorrow. Starting around 4:45 a.m. PST on Dec. 10, a lunar eclipse will be visible to the western U.S. and Canada with even more striking views in Australia and Eastern Asia, according to Space.com.
Learn more about eclipse and why the moon will appear red:
Space.com reports that it is nearly impossible for the moon to go completely dark during an eclipse, as light from the sun usually sneaks past Earth. It states conditions of the atmosphere will determine the darkness of the moon. As the video states, the moon will begin to be eclipsed as it is setting, making it lower in the sky and therefore appearing larger.
This will be the last full lunar eclipse until 2014.
[H/T Gawker]
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Comments (49)
FreedomWitness
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 4:56pmWOW am I glad I found this story. I thought I was having the worst hangover in the history of the world! Thank you THE BLAZE for posting this story.
Report Post »charkat21
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:51pmBlood Red? sure looked Pale White and close to the earth to me
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 11:01amShe enjoys the “I know something you don’t know!” game.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:48amHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now i know what my wife was talking about three days ago.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:59amShe was talking cryptically about it being great if the moon turned red; to which i looked at her with a raised ‘spock’ eyebrow saying Ok..
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 11:02amShe enjoys the “I know something you don’t know!” game.
now that makes sense.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 9:13am*facepalm* You shoulda posted this on Friday as it is you posted it at 9:45 PM on saturday. Seriously need to look through the staff you got at the Blaze
Report Post »myptofvu
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:39amWill THE BLAZE remind us to vote the first Wednesday in Nov. also.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 9:09ammyptofvu……
Report Post »Send me your phone # and I’ll give you a wake-up call.
BlessedONE333
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:53amdid you PAY liz klimas for the story glenn?
or was it your editor’s error for not posting this YESTERDAY instead of hours after the event actually happened?
you should have hired me or anyone else on youtube who have been watching this subject for years!
idiots
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:43pmThat’s a great pitch there! They should definitely hire someone who leaves disparaging comments int eh comments section and claims to have spent years watching the moon and youtube videos. Way to up your value there, chief.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:44amHappened last year too.
Report Post »cmark
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:02amLook it’s the Hale-Bopp comet. Coming to you soon in 1997.
Report Post »-From the Blaze 2011
lel2007
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 12:02amPosted on December 10, 2011 at 9:45pm …….. A tad late for an event Dec. 10, 2011 at 4:45 a.m.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 12:31amI think they meant Sunday morning. Hardly worth getting up for. Seen and photographed several of these, once from Hidden Peak at snowbird, Utah. Late night tram ride in the moonlit Wasatch mountains was awesome.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:31pmHmmm
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:25pmIn Ancient times… Blood on the Moon; a Bad Moon rising… was the sign of Rebellion & Violence to come.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:45pmIt’s also the name to a great CCR song. 60′s? Rebellion? Oooo…I’m seeing a connection
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:09pmDang I missed it.. just another sign of the times!
Report Post »Matrhorn
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 8:59amAnother sign of the times?? lol man, it’s a natural phenominon (i i hope i spelled that right) that occurs often. It’s not a sign of the end times…lol
On the other hand wars and rumors of wars is…
Report Post »Zetareticuli
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:01am@Marathon If the moon “turning to blood” isn’t a sign of the times, then neither is wars and rumors of wars. The world has been at war for as long as man could hold a stick.
Report Post »MommyNeedsMoreCoffee
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:02pmLooks like that am/pm thing was confusing to the Blaze staff….and that calendar thingy.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:33pmNo kidding!
Report Post »Bob_the_Elephant
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:50pmFail! What an unfortunately useless news story.
Report Post »cc
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:33pmbut your face is red…right Blaze??
Report Post »cc
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:32pmdarn, I forgot….
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:28pmThat’s wonderful! Simply wonderful!! They post this news as the latest 16 hours after it happened!!!
Report Post »bobbyjoe
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:14pmSaw it TODAY . Just a little late.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:10pmWe had to wait for the eclipse to pass before we could see what………………..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:46pmIt’s a Pelosi eclipse ..
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:04pmSOOO………that would be yesterday?
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:06pmMaybe they mean next year
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:51pmGlenn, slightly late on the timing, though the eclipse was beautiful from Phoenix.
Report Post »lcallday
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:51pmLook hard because it’s Sat. night.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:50pmThis story is just a tad late. Maybe 14-16 hours AGO the eclipse happened.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:51pmDrat!!….now I gotta go get in my wayback machine to see this.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:02pmCan I go too???????
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:14pm@82DAIRBORNE……Sure, you can come, just be sure to bring the beer…lol
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:21pm@TXPilot I think we are gonna need a bigger boat, I mean machine.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:28pm@82DAIRBORNE….I will put in a request to be upgraded to kegger-size.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:53pmLMAO, I remember the wayback machine good memories, too funny!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:04pm@PHILLIPWGIRARD…lol,,..It’s nice to run across someone that remembers stuff like that from the remote past. It‘s a shame it’s gone, along with the tradition of Saturday morning cartoons.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 12:40amWABAC Machine is not gone, and is being enjoyed by a new generation of kids. We own several seasons of Bullwinkle and Friends, which contain several installments each of Peabody’s Improbable History. Classic stuff.
Report Post »Lara
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:47pmWhy is this posted now after the thing has happend!!!?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:54pmThe government refused to release the information until it was debated.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:10pmWell thay are the
Report Post »Masterdebaters.
mharry860
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:40pmUSAMEDIC3008, this is off topic, but when I retire I’m going to open a fish and tackle shop, “The Master Baiters”.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:45am@MHARRY860
That will be pretty impressive if you are able to actually retire by the 6th grade! At least, I assume that’s your plan since only a 6th grader would find that amusing.
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