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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Once in a Blue Moon...

The Moon has fascinated mankind throughout the ages. It is the only natural satellite of Earth: Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks, and many other names in other mythologies. Due to its size and composition, the Moon is sometimes classified as a terrestrial "planet" along with Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The Moon is spherical in shape, is not self-luminous, but rather reflects the light of the distant Sun and circles the Earth once per month. It has no atmosphere, the sky always appears dark, even on the bright side.

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The Moon always shows us the same face everyday and this is why the features on the moon never change. Since both the Earth and Moon are rotating and orbiting, how can this be possible? Long ago, the Earth's gravitational effects slowed the Moon's rotation about its axis. Once the Moon's rotation slowed enough to match its orbital period (the time it takes the Moon to go around Earth) the effect stabilized. People often refer to "the dark side of the moon", but there is no such thing. The sun shines on all sides of it in turn. However, there is a "far side of the moon" which is never seen from the earth.


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61 comments:

  1. Ari you touched on a subject close to my heart. I loved all the pictures and the different faces of the moon. I watch the discovery channel a lot and am always intrigued about the moon and the sun and the stars.Thank you for sharing all this info and pictures.I loved the picture of the moon against the orange sky.it was just too beautiful.And there actually is a blue moon?

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  2. Im sure whoeva was the first guy who stepped on planet....afta he came back to earth and wrote his thesis on moon would not have written this much for sure

    And nice detailed snaps in here....from where did you get it??
    Google Earth's cracked version??
    temme...temmme.......

    To be frank....moon looks kewl from a distance...I dont wanna eva step on it though...looks kinda ugly....like the pudding in ma fridge for god knows how long :)

    Thanks for sharing so much of info about this planet..
    Cheers!!

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  3. Wow!
    Ari, this is such a beautiful post!
    I am spellbound!
    Thanks for sharing all the wonder of the moon...such amazing pictures!
    How I would love to travel to the moon!

    I am just heading off to work, so will have to come back later and enjoy at my heart's content!
    Oh, it was so nice to have you stop by for a visit today....I sure have missed you!
    Sending hugs back to you!
    Have a great day Ari....and take care!

    Margie

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  4. Really love these shot's of the moon, they are so sharp...really great!!

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  5. Sweeet Moses!!

    WHOA!!!!
    Which lens / Binocular / camera / Digital SLR / telescope / microscope are you using to click these snaps??


    They are amazing....do one thing, sell em to NASA ;)

    or you working for NASA itself??
    Jeeezz...Ive made fun of those guys...multiple times infact...hehehehe
    :D

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  6. Thats why I prefer not to open ma mouth at places many times...coz then people come to know how lazy I am :P

    To be frank..too much of knowledge is kinda harmful for ma tiny brain...I tend to faint while reading at times..you dont know how bad it is, especially when you are sitting at the edge of the bed and wake up afta an hour beneath your coffee table :P

    Your Full Moon looks like something wrapped in a plastic...hehehe...nice n rare snap

    and yes, I too used to think about the same tht mooon rises afta sunset till like age of 17..but then ma friend told me coz of earths continuos movement, we tend to miss seeing moon during day time as its hidden by hills n mountains...which I readily agreed :)

    PS: Dont throw stapler at me for not reading the post :(

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  7. I will check out the link you send me, thanks

    xxx

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  8. Hi ARIIIIIIII

    How is my favourite shutter man in the world doing???I am fine...just getting back to blogging...missed ya

    BTW like everyone I love moon. Perfect with its imperfections. Sad when you are sad, happy when you are happy....good company when you are waiting for someone.....its so many things

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  9. you sure have a happy blog...:)

    beautiful pics of the moon..

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  10. And all those names sound so enchanting, almost liek a fairy tale and then youre ad about it and relaise its just a cold cold stark dead world..:)
    but a beautifful illusion never the less.

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  11. Wow, man. Great shots and info. The last shot is amazing - such great colours.
    Joel

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  12. great info here Ari. once in a blue moon, I dun miss ya ;-)

    Keshi.

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  13. Lovely images and information!
    Thanks for sharing...

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  14. WHOA!

    These pics are like wow! Astrophotography....seems like an awesome thing ! Did you take those pics?

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  15. Now thats amazing...it was really breathtaking looking at all your shots. When i reached the last shot, I was wondering whether there can be anything more after that...along with the beautiful research and commentary...EXCELLENT work!

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  16. Wow! This is some great information about the moon

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  17. Ari: You just bring all beautiful thing here and make us feel happy. Just amzing to watch these pictures and wat a feeling.. I felt as if I am walking or staying close to moon observing all those colors.

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  18. Hi Ari,
    thanks for letting me know about my profile. I corrected it.

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  19. What you planning to put up afta once in a blue moon??

    I'm curious and waiting with ma loaded stapler :P

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  20. WOW!!! Awesome pics and very informative. The amount of effort you have put in is amazing. The pic of the lunar cycle u have made is really priceless.

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  21. Ari you've outdone yourself! I am envious of your abilities to capture such sharp images. Stunning work!

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  22. All pour moon pictures are really cute. I would like to do same thing because i like moon too. U must have big material for doing this. Thanks for the eyes.
    Have a good sunday.

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  23. stunning pictures!! and a super informative post!

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  24. Photos you magnify of the lunar landscape, is a very good series and blog very pretty. Greetings of spain.

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  25. the Moon from a distant view looked quite nice... love the earthshine at twilight pic :D

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  26. Disculpa mi tardanza en comentar. Vi esta serie el mismo día que la publicaste, y, como siempre, me pareció magnífica.
    ¡Un abrazo!

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  27. What and awesome series, Surely love them all..

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  28. Just stopping in today to say "Hi"
    to you Ari....miss you!!!
    Hope life is settling down for you!

    Loved this post even more the 2nd time around!
    A little poem for you Ari!

    May today be very happy
    and free from cares...
    and may God
    answer all your prayers!


    P.S I am skiing today and having a great time...be back home tomorrow.
    It's so beautiful here at Breckinridge, I could stay here forever!

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  29. the moon pictures are awesome. the colors are due to the same reason the color of the sky.

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  30. Great shots--such detail really amamzing. I really enjoy your blog.

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  31. Hi Lalitha, im glad you liked the pics. Thank you for your comments. As for the blue moon, yes... the second full moon in a month is called the blue moon. You can find more information about the blue moon in this post.

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  32. Arz000n, lol. Very funny mistah. I shot them myself.

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  33. Margie, thank you so much. I hope you are feeling better now. huggsss...

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  34. zoon...Sell to NASA? Naww.. they have better ones... :) and i dont work for them

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  35. :) its okay. No staplers at you. Thanks for your nice comments :)

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  36. Radhika!... Youre back! Thanks for stopping by and letting me know. Take care. I missed you too...

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  37. Mystic Rose, thank you and welcome to my blog :)

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  38. Yeah, they sound so enchanting and exotic. I love the Sea of Tranquility :)

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  39. Joel, thank you. The last shot is not mine. More details are included below the image.

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  40. Keshi, thank you! Once in a blue moon... i get to blog :)

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  41. Naina, thanks for stopping by and welcome to my blog!

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  42. Kalyan, i wish i could post more. Most readers dont have enough patience to see a lot of images or read a lot of text. I will try to reduce my content. Thanks for your interest.

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  43. Priya, im glad you enjoyed the walk with me to the moon :)

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  44. Arz000n, im really busy these days. No time to blog. I will post something soon. Thanks for your patience and your interest.

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  45. Suji, thank you. Yes, a lot of effort and time goes into posting these blogs. I dont have that kind of time anymore and besides, not everyone has the patience and time to read everything. I will try to cut down the content in the future. Thanks for the comment :)

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  46. Corrinne... thank you :) I should thank my lens and my tripod for the sharp pictures ;)

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  47. Laurent, thank you. I will look forward to seeing your moon gallery :) good luck.

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  48. Ash, i somehow missed your comment. Thank you!

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  49. Perspective Inc, thanks for the comment :)

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  50. Mi Foto... muchos gracias for stopping by and appreciate the comments. Hola from california :)

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  51. Le Mosquito, thank you :) Nice to see you here... hugs back to you.

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  52. Margie, thanks! Such a lovely poem. I miss you too! i will stop by your blog sometime. Hope you had a great time skiing

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  53. Nabeel, thank you. How have you been?

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  54. Pecos Blue, thanks for stopping by and for the nice comment.

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  55. Yesterday while reading about Google Hacking, came across this and thought of you -

    http://moon.google.com :)

    Check it out, you gonna laaabh it for sure ...

    also, these might be interesting -
    http://www.google.com/mars/
    http://earth.google.com

    and yes, they have registered domains for all 9 planets, so..... :D

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  56. Hey!

    Long time it has been... and wow. The photos are brilliant as usual... Lunar Corona is especially beautiful...

    But - no new updates? :(

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  57. Hoping all's well with you Ari.
    Miss you, and your wonderful posts.
    I've taken a break from blogging....have a new puppy, and he keeps me sooooo busy.

    Sending lotsa hugs to you!
    And a little poem.

    May you never find trouble
    All crowdin' and shovin'
    But ALWAYS good fortune
    ALL smilin' and lovin'!


    Take good care, Ari!

    Margie:)

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