I would like a straight answer for the red moon

[Molly821 Profile]

Why is it that all the scientist in the world can't get there story straight on why the moon turned red during the lunar eclipse. On the eve of the eclipse one scientist said he was curious to see how red the moon was going to get to study the gases on the moon, now I am looking up why the moon turned red and they are saying it was a partial reflection from the sun. I am suspecting that it is the reflection from Planet X. That is why they can't the lies all lined up.

[99socks Profile]

Why is it that all the scientist in the world can't get there story straight on why the moon turned red during the lunar eclipse. On the eve of the eclipse one scientist said he was curious to see how red the moon was going to get to study the gases on the moon, now I am looking up why the moon turned red and they are saying it was a partial reflection from the sun. I am suspecting that it is the reflection from Planet X. That is why they can't the lies all lined up.

Lol, and how do you supposed the shadow from Planet X is to be seen on the moon when we can't even see it?

And don't give me crap about off the south pole either, reflections can't bend like that.

[Captainkarizma Profile]

our atmosphere acts like a prism due to the pollution ie. volcanoes, forest fires and smog, it only looks red when looking through our atmosphere if you were in space it would not change color. Now if it was red in color while out in space then planet x may be a possibility but this is not the case .
I have fought a few forest fires in my time and it is very obvious that smoke has a red color in direct sunlight but blue when not in direct sunlight,its actually a very beautiful phenomenon .

[Emeraldtruth Profile]

I salute thee captain
I had temporarily forgot that official line. Maybe true too for a change.

[Stratafire Profile]

Well All I can tell you is the "physical facts" of the color itself..

When "We" here on earth, get in between the sun and the moon, and are lined up exactly, the moon will be receiving what light reflects around, and what light waves that are either bounced off our atmosphere, or are "passing through" our atmosphere, as they move away from us.

If the "Color" is red, or "Near red", there are two things that cause the differences, first is the differences in color one see's, are dependent on "where" you are located at, in reference to the "equator", which is the furthest position on the planet (as far as the curvature of the planet itself), and the closest to the moon in "relative" terms, if your further up, or down from the highest "apex" of the curvature of the earth, your "angle of observation" will either by higher, or lower in the sky involving the moon, it's the angle itself, which will affect "what color" you see of the moon..

The second thing I mentioned you need to take into account, is the "inverse rule" of observation, that means that your looking "through a filter" already, a density of varying gases, and rare atomics we call "Air", starting with one of the heavies (oxygen), and working your way up through the atmospheric "layers", all the way to the vacuum of space itself..

Ever gone underwater, turned and looked up to see the "mirror" like underneath of water?.. that's what your doing whenever you look up in the sky "every time" you do..

All these gases, affect how you see the moon, and when "we" (that is Earth) is the filter for the light that will reach the moon, the only wavelength that can either be bounced, bent around, and "escape" the Earth atmosphere, are the ones that reach the moon..

Since the color is "Red", that puts the escaping light waves that come from our planet, in the Long Amplitude, Low Frequency Range (Red range), Since we cannot physically see into the Infrared range, I would be willing to bet, that there is also a great deal of infrared energy emitted to the moon for one brief moment..

This is a basic explanation, and the "full context" is far more complicated then this simplified version, but it really boils down to how "we" see through our atmosphere, versus what the atmosphere allows to escape it's grasps involving light waves (and ultra-high, ultra-low frequencies as well)

[Emeraldtruth Profile]

Nice one Strat.
I suppose it boils down to one sentence, which is " I would be willing to bet, that there is also a great deal of infrared energy emitted to the moon for one brief moment.."
Probably right but I won't be betting myself. Unless against the planet x hypothesis here

Calculate the improbable odds though, amazing precision randomly eh?
Design vs chaos etc.

[Marcydare Profile]

the smog,volcano,fire thing is
most likely true. during the eclipse
i must have been watching via a satellite
in orbit cause, it was not red. but on other
feeds it was red.