'Blood moon' rising: Total lunar eclipse on April 14-15, first in rare series - Polidicks

[QUOTE]A total lunar eclipse set to sweep the skies on April 14-15 and turn the moon blood-red just before midnight has got scientists excited and some Christians fearing for the end of days. The coppery moon will be the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2014 as well as the opening act in a lunar tetrad – four total lunar eclipses in series. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align, causing the Earth's shadow to fall on the moon, darkening it. The crimson color the moon takes on during an eclipse comes about because of the refraction of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere. This, incidentally, is the very same effect that causes sunsets to appear red. The April 14-15 eclipse will begin at 21:20 GMT according to Sky and Telescope magazine. The other three eclipses in the "tetrad" will be in October, April 2015 and September 2015. [URL="http://new.livestream.com/griffithobservatorytv"]Griffith Observatory[/URL] will stream the event live. A small group of Christians, however, view the upcoming event as a biblical prophecy sounding the end of times. John Hagee, pastor and author of ‘Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change,’ cites Joel 2:31 as evidence, which says: [I]"The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come."[/I] Proponents of this Biblical prophesy also say it coincides with two important Jewish holidays – Passover and Tabernacles – contributing to the significance of the event. However, writing for EarthSky.org, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd say that it’s no surprise that full moons would coincide with important Jewish holidays, as the Jewish calendar is, after all, a lunar calendar. [I]“In any year, it’s inevitable that a full moon should fall on or near the feasts of Passover (15 Nissan) and Tabernacles (15 Tishri). Nissan and Tishri are the first and seventh months of the Jewish calendar, respectively,”[/I] they said. [I]“It is somewhat ironic that three of these four lunar eclipses are not visible – even in part – from Israel.”[/I] The pair argue that while the idea of a blood moon is one that lends itself to the imagination, the term is actually applicable to pretty much any total lunar eclipse. [I]“It’s only in years where volcanic activity is pronounced that the moon’s face during a total lunar eclipse might appear more brownish or gray in color. Usually, the moon looks red.”[/I] Tetrads, while occurring less often than a blue moon, are not entirely rare. According to Byrd, there will be a total of eight lunar tetrads between 2001 and 2100. The last lunar tetrad occurred in 1967-1968. This eclipse also features an additional astronomical anomaly, which is likely to spark the imagination. Byrd says Mars will appear [I]"as a fiery red 'star' next to the moon. Together red Mars and the red shadow on the moon's face should be a spectacular sight and an incredible photo opportunity."[/I][/QUOTE] [URL]http://rt.com/news/blood-moon-total-eclipse-585/[/URL]

There's a massive conspiracy going on in some religious communities that the blood moon and the eclipse are a sign that the end times are coming, and Israel is going to be at the center of it or something, it's so nutty.

[QUOTE=Killer900;44460774]There's a massive conspiracy going on in some religious communities that the blood moon and the eclipse are a sign that the end times are coming, and Israel is going to be at the center of it or something, it's so nutty.[/QUOTE] I hope no one dies

Is there any world map which shows where it will be visible?

It came out ten years ago [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/The_Elder_Scrolls_III_-_Bloodmoon_Coverart.png[/img]

is it the time of the month again

[IMG]http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/blood-moon.jpg[/IMG]

The centre of the eclipse has almost the exact longitude of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R'lyeh]Lost City of R'lyeh[/url] [img]http://puu.sh/7WYnB.jpg[/img] Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

No love for Europe. Again.

Iirc the last time a blood moon tetrad happened Israel was created.

[QUOTE=Teddybeer;44460843]Will be visible in Australia, Pacific and the Americas with a duration of 3h 35m. Of this time the eclipse will be total for 1h 18m. [IMG]http://www.moongiant.com/images/eclipeses/Eclipses_April15_2014.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://www.moongiant.com/Lunar_Eclipse_Calendar.php[/url][/QUOTE] Cool I should be able to see it when I go camping

i see trouble on the way

There was one eclipse around this time last year in Europe, at least. I remember catching a good look of the shadow passing over fairly quickly.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;44460956]Iirc the last time a blood moon tetrad happened Israel was created.[/QUOTE] [quote]The last lunar tetrad occurred in 1967-1968. [/quote]

some Persona 3 shit is gonna go down

I came in here thinking about Morrowind. Still cool, though.

[QUOTE=headshotter;44460910]No love for Europe. Again.[/QUOTE] It's on my birthday, too. I got very excited for a moment, thinking I'd be able to watch it happen with my friends on my birthday party. sigh.

[quote]>It's an omen >The end is nigh! >Ignore the peasant rabble >Stop looking at the sky![/quote]

21:20 GMT? I thought it was going to be until like 3 AM in my timezone,

The Vampires and Werewolves are coming out to play

So what times could a guy from say, Florida observe it?

Something tells me this is going to be blown up so much.

You guys had better take some pictures for us Europeans.

Must be true, that's when my milk expires.

[QUOTE=Teddybeer;44460843]Will be visible in Australia, Pacific and the Americas with a duration of 3h 35m. Of this time the eclipse will be total for 1h 18m. [IMG]http://www.moongiant.com/images/eclipeses/Eclipses_April15_2014.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://www.moongiant.com/Lunar_Eclipse_Calendar.php[/url][/QUOTE] Europe misses 3 out of 4 of the eclipses :(

This happened a few years ago if I'm not mistaken, I remember hanging out my window to see the moon turn red, which it did, but as soon as it did, lightning struck close by and my heart near jumped out of my chest.

[QUOTE=headshotter;44460910]No love for Europe. Again.[/QUOTE] That's it get the guns, we'll bomb the moon itself.

[QUOTE=markg06;44462371]That's it get the guns, we'll bomb the moon itself.[/QUOTE] Just call us and it will [i]be removed[/i]

[QUOTE=Killer900;44460774]There's a massive conspiracy going on in some religious communities that the blood moon and the eclipse are a sign that the end times are coming, and Israel is going to be at the center of it or something, it's so nutty.[/QUOTE] Because apparently all 4 blood moons occur on Jewish holidays or something. Neat coincidence, but not apocalyptic in the slightest. Crazy people just need a new thing to believe is the end, like 2012, 6/6/06, etc.

[QUOTE=Computrix;44463694]Because apparently all 4 blood moons occur on Jewish holidays or something. Neat coincidence, but not apocalyptic in the slightest. Crazy people just need a new thing to believe is the end, like 2012, 6/6/06, etc.[/QUOTE]Its because, as the article points out, Judaism follows a combination of a lunar and solar calendar, meaning lunar events are pertinent to the religion.