"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie 'ats..."
Perigee
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Think I can make out the Eagle, but not the footprints. Darn these old eyes!
Pretty moon, though.
Big moon
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Big moon
by KLA2 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:19 am
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by Blue Monster 65 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:21 am
Took the kids outside to see it - very cool!
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by Enzo » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:32 am
Was listening to news radio this evening, and they were giddy with excitment. This "supermoon" is even more rare than the "blue moons" which happen every couple years. They told us the mooon will be a lot bigger and brighter tonight because it is closer.
I wanted to ask them HOW MUCH larger and brighter than, oh say, last month, but I doubt they'd get the question. I can expect some emails soon telling us the moon will fill the sky, and maybe stay full all week. Like that Mars approach a while back. ("It'll be BIGGER THAN THE MOON!!!!")
I wanted to ask them HOW MUCH larger and brighter than, oh say, last month, but I doubt they'd get the question. I can expect some emails soon telling us the moon will fill the sky, and maybe stay full all week. Like that Mars approach a while back. ("It'll be BIGGER THAN THE MOON!!!!")
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by KLA2 » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:23 am
Yeah. Still, Enzo, anything that gets people to abandon their televisions for a few minutes and actually look up at the night sky (excluding fireworks 
) must be a good thing.
) must be a good thing."He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
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by Superluminal » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:19 am
One third brighter is one figer I've heard.
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by Arneb » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:53 am
Superluminal wrote:One third brighter is one figer I've heard.
No. You can comfortably hide the Moon, whatever the distance, behind your pinky with an outstretched arm.
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