Eclipse lunar

[orangelemon]

My friend writes me that the people in Chiapas think that the sun wants to cover the moon. So they make noise with drums, horns, conch shells, and firecrackers to scare the sun and help the moon escape from him

Comments

[hawkegirl]

Are you kidding! What could scare the sun more then the Sox winning again on the 100 year anniversary of their win, beating the curse, in a clean sweep. If that can happen, anything is possible, the sun should be very afraid and should stay firmly where it is.

I'm sure the noise in the Boston area last night as well as the celibration far surpassed chiapas! But perhaps you were in a different universe then I was... :>

[orangelemon]

Well, at least that explains why the moon turns red.

[jtdiii]

Some of us sat outside watching the eclipse in total darkness with a perfectly clear sky, and only a few distant cars, a quickly startled deer, a few oblivious turkeys, a hooting owl and a burbling brook to to provide background noise. I did have a laptop on the lowest screen setting with me so I could do homework, but the screen was turned off most of the time

[orangelemon]

Thanks for the explanation! I thought it had something to do with the waves of light and the color spectrum but wasn't quite sure exactly what. (resisting the urge to go off on a tangent about spectral and Halloween and so forth.)

Of course, ebay. Silly me...:)