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A Blessed Yule
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:32 am
by Menolly
Frigid Winter wind
Calmed 'neath albedo of the
Dusky solstice Moon.
Blessed Yuletide greetings to all.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:00 pm
by danlo
And during Mars in retrograde-a very strange and important time!
From the Washington Post:
The last time the solstice coincided with a total lunar eclipse on the same calendar day was long before any of our lifetimes, experts say. The year, according to Geoff Chester, public affairs officer at the U.S. Naval Observatory, was 1638 (Starhawk, a prominent Wiccan, told The Washington Post in an essay that the two events have not coincided since 1544).
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:47 pm
by Menolly
Being that I also live in Gator Town (Gainesville, FL), here is
exactly what I saw this morning.
The Washington Post blog wrote:William Castleman, a professor of veterinary pathology at the University of Florida, created a time-lapse video of the moon, centering it in his camera lens and watching a shadow eat away at the moon to reveal a great red orb. He filmed it in Gainesville, Fla., between 1:10 a.m. and 5:03 a.m. He said the temperature was in the mid-30s and, though it was cloudy in the first part of the evening, the sky cleared up and gave him perfect visibility.
Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse 2010
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:15 pm
by I'm Murrin
Watched it during the drive to work this morning. Was just about total by the time I arrived.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:25 pm
by Orlion
Still cloudy up here...
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:51 pm
by Dread Poet Jethro
So happy to see
Yule noted on the right day
And with haiku too!
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:19 am
by danlo
Thank the gods your title disclaims you sir!
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:49 pm
by aliantha
It was cloudy in Roanoke, so we missed the eclipse. We were bummed.
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:38 pm
by Vader
This thread clearly is another Festivus miracle.
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:47 pm
by aliantha
Festivus gots miracles? I may have to convert.
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:50 pm
by Vader
Not only that - Festivus also even has an unadorned aluminum pole.
And the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength" are something Foamfollower would have enjoyed.