Bang!Zoom! Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Wild looking burgundy red moon tonight, anyone else? Creepy. Tried to find a lunar event or something, is this just atmosphere? Not seeing anything. Very unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 It looked reddish to me also, and that was either last night or the night before, rather late, when we were out walking. Usually it is due to pollution in the air, but it was up kind of high for that. It seems like the harvest moon in late September or late October is always an ominous color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skadi Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 The "pollution in the air" myth has been around for a while, but I've never seen anything to support it. My DH is an astrophysicist. His explanation for a red moon reflect what I found on this science site. Usually it's because of the thicker atmosphere. Very rarely, it's because of dust particles in the air caused by volcanoes and the like (technically a sort of pollution, but not the kind that people mean). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Your link seems to support the pollution in the air theory. Dust in the air is pollution, granted I don't know of any volcanoes erupting lately in my area but there have been forest fires in my area. I love urban myths. I seem to buy into them like old wives' tales.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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