I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours Fri Nov 13
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jim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoThis was on the wall in the bathroom on our most recent cruise. I do not know my mythology and have no idea where to start to figure out what this represents.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
8 years agoAlisande, you did a great job getting that slide to look that good. Wonderful picture too. So are the rest of the pics! Always makes my day.
Mine is something I saw on Wednesday. It's a contrail with a shadow (I didn't even know that was possible) and a sundog!
socks
8 years ago
jemdandy
8 years agoEclipse of the Moon
Beginning of the eclipse: Earth's shadow has started its transit across the moon. Note that the edge of the shadow is not sharp, but diffused. One may speculate why this is. I'm no astronomer, but my guess is that earth's atmosphere is not sharp or consistent with height. Its full of clouds and thermal currents. Also, it is most dense at earth's surface and thins with altitude.
This photo was made without a telescope. It was a digital camera alone mounted on a tripod and the effective speed set at 800 ASA. I had a problem with tripping the shutter without moving the camera. Most of my shots suffered camera movement. A release cable would have been very helpful.
jemdandy
8 years agoBlood Moon
As the eclipse of the moon approaches totality, the "blood" moon appears. The reddish color is caused by bending of light rays passing through earth's atmosphere, The red end of the visible spectrum gets bent more than the shorter wavelength, blue end. Red rays bending around the edge of the earth illuminates the moon's surface behind the edge of the eclipse.
The same effect causes the sun to appear more red at sunset. When this color shift happens, the sun is actually below the horizon and what we see is the red end of the spectrum bending while passing through the atmosphere.
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8 years agojim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years ago
Alisande