............von Letitia schon an anderer Stelle gepostet (*DANKE*) passt es wunderschön auch in den Beginn eines neues Jahres, was auch für unser "merliners" ein 3er jahr ist
für den schönen Austausch un die Energie hier, zu der Ihr/wir alle gemeinsam immer wieder beitragen
michael
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Not a Blue Moon Credit & Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
Explanation: This bright Full Moon was captured on December 2nd, shining above a church overlooking the River Po, in Turin, Italy, It was the first Full Moon in December. Shining on celebrations of New Year's Eve, last night's Full Moon was the second Full Moon of December and so fits the modern definition of a Blue Moon - the second Full Moon in a month. Because the lunar cycle, Full Moon to Full Moon, spans 29.5 days, Blue Moons tend to occur in some month about every 2.5 years. Shining in the glare just above and right of December's first Full Moon is the Pleiades star cluster.
Blue Moon on New Year's Eve 12.29.2009
Dec. 29, 2009: Party planners take note. For the first time in almost twenty years, there's going to be a Blue Moon on New Year's Eve.
"I remember the last time this happened," says professor Philip Hiscock of the Dept. of Folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. "December 1990 ended with a Blue Moon, and many New Year's Eve parties were themed by the event. It was a lot of fun."
see captionDon't expect the Moon to actually turn blue, though. "The 'Blue Moon' is a creature of folklore," he explains. "It's the second full Moon in a calendar month."
Most months have only one full Moon. The 29.5-day cadence of the lunar cycle matches up almost perfectly with the 28- to 31-day length of calendar months. Indeed, the word "month" comes from "Moon." Occasionally, however, the one-to-one correspondence breaks down when two full Moons squeeze into a single month. Dec. 2009 is such a month. The first full Moon appeared on Dec. 2nd; the second, a "Blue Moon," will come on Dec. 31st.
This definition of Blue Moon is relatively new.
If you told a person in Shakespeare's day that something happens "once in a Blue Moon" they would attach no astronomical meaning to the statement. Blue moon simply meant rare or absurd, like making a date for the Twelfth of Never. "But meaning is a slippery substance," says Hiscock. "The phrase 'Blue Moon' has been around for more than 400 years, and during that time its meaning has shifted."
The modern definition sprang up in the 1940s. In those days, the Farmer's Almanac of Maine offered a definition of Blue Moon so convoluted that even professional astronomers struggled to understand it. It involved factors such as the ecclesiastical dates of Easter and Lent, and the timing of seasons according to the dynamical mean sun. Aiming to explain blue moons to the layman, Sky & Telescope published an article in 1946 entitled "Once in a Blue Moon." The author James Hugh Pruett cited the 1937 Maine almanac and opined that the "second [full moon] in a month, so I interpret it, is called Blue Moon."
Sign up for EXPRESS SCIENCE NEWS delivery That was not correct, but at least it could be understood. And thus the modern Blue Moon was born.
Blue moon has other connotations, too. In music, it's often a symbol of melancholy. According to one Elvis tune, it means "without a love of my own." On the bright side, he croons in another song, a simple kiss can turn a Blue Moon pure gold.
The modern astronomical Blue Moon occurs in some month every 2.5 years, on average. A Blue Moon falling precisely on Dec. 31st, however, is much more unusual. The last time it happened was in 1990, and the next time won't be until 2028.
So cue up that old Elvis record and "enjoy the extra moonlight on New Year's Eve," says Hiscock. "It only happens once in a Blue Moon."
ein segensreiches erfüllendes durch eigene Klarheit und Wahrheit mit Leichtigkeit und Freude getränktes Jahr 2010 !!!!
Auch wenn ich hier nicht der große Schreiberling bin (oder vielleicht war ), so danke ich Euch allen, einfach dafür, daß es Euch gibt und ich nicht alleine mit all meinen "Turbulenzen" aber auch meinen neuen Wahrnehmungen dastehe
ich danke dir für all deine Inputs. Was für einen Fleiss legst du da doch an den Tag und ich fragte mich manchmal, ob du denn noch Zeit für anderes hast.
Egal, wie auch immer, vielen Dank den Betreuern dieser schönen, freien Platform!
Für einige ist diese ein wenig wie ein virtuelles Zuhause.... für eine Weile, für länger auf alle Fälle ist die Energie hier wohltuend, aufbauend, inspirierend, unterstützend.
euch die ihr im Hintergrund wirkt, lest, mitdenkt.
Alles Gute und lasst die Korken nochmals tüchtig knallen von Sonja Eveline
Ja, ein liches Dankeschön an Dich Michael, für alle diese schönen Infos und Bilder, die Du immer wieder hier reingibst und auch an alle anderen Sucher, Hereinsteller, Übersetzer und Schreiber in diesem Forum und uns allen ein gutes 3. Merliners-Jahr!!
Blue Moon Eclipse Credit & Copyright: Jean Paul Roux
Explanation: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 ended with a Blue Moon and a partial lunar eclipse, as the second Full Moon of December grazed the Earth's shadow on December 31st. The New Year's Eve Blue Moon eclipse was visible throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and parts of Alaska, captured in this two exposure composite in cloudy skies over Saint Bonnet de Mure, France. Playing across the Moon's southern reaches, the edge of Earth's umbra, or dark central shadow, appears on the right side along with the prominent ray crater Tycho. At maximum eclipse, the umbra covered only about 8 percent of the diameter of the lunar disk.
Alle Wesen im harmonischen Einklang mit dem Takt von Mutter-Vater-Schöpfer-Gott??? Beschwingt-freudige Grüße für das erste Wochenende des Neuen Jahres Kornelia
die Energie an Silvester/Neujahr war für mich unbeschreiblich schön und intensiv.....
euch allen eine wunderschöne Zeit in 2010
"blue moon" vom 31.12.2009,
"The eclipsed 'Blue moon' rose over the Alaska Range just before sunrise," says photographer Calvin Hall of Palmer, Alaska. "It was a beautiful sight."
Grüß Gott, Moin moin allen Euch, die Ihr diesen Raum beständig neu erschafft, durchs schreiben und teilen Eures erlebens, durchs einstellen der Texte UND deren Übersetzung wie auch allen Lesern meinen innigsten DANK und die Erfüllung dessen was ihr euch wünscht