agreed. and don't call me shirley
on a seriuos note, chroma, just because you havent seen a blue, red or yellow moon, does not mean that these phenomena do not exist...
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from wikipedia
A blue moon is a full moon that is irregularly timed according to some calendars. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years there is an extra full moon (this happens every 2.71722874 years). The extra moon is called a "blue moon." Different definitions place the "extra" moon at different times. Recent popular usage defines a blue moon as the second full moon in a month.[1]
The term "blue moon" is commonly used metaphorically to describe the rarity of an event, as in the saying "once in a blue moon."
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however blue moon are, far, more often caused by, atmospheric disturbances. the sighting i mentioned was in the late 70's. at the time there were huge forest fires, somewhere in the USA, this sent smoke and debris, hight, into the atmosphere. the result was that the moon was blue.
crimson moon, more often seen in northern reaches (though not always). at some times, sunset and moon rise coincide, result? crimson moon. same with "pink" snow. sunset and a snow shower/storm = pink snow, or more correctly, snow the looks pink as it falls. all the above are caused by, conditions, in earth's atmosphere. as far as i remember, the moon reflects 20% (or there abouts) of the light that hits it. but it reflects all the visible spectrum.
I'm not disputing the colouration of the moon you mention and it is rather interesting but It is pure speculation to say that is far more often caused by, atmospheric disturbances. Where are you're figures to prove this?
although both are called blue moons they are infact completely seperate occurances and the blue moon I referred to did not apply to colouration but duration as you are aware. I was simply giving you a different take on the whole blue moon business.
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