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Update Sept. 2015–Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
** Click here for a photo gallery of Supermoon views from around the world.
It hasn’t happened in 32 years–and won’t for another 18 years: Sunday, September 27, a total lunar eclipse will coincide with a “Supermoon.” Check this link for a video explanation of the event.
Update August 2014–This video shows the supermoon as seen from several beautiful spots around the world.
Update July 2014–The first of three supermoons expected to light up the sky this summer provided a breathtaking show to people around the world on Saturday night. This site provides ten beautiful photos of the event.
Update April 2014–Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Fills the Night Sky: story and video here, beautiful photos here.
On a few rare, beautiful occasions, the rising summer moon has set my brother’s house on fire. It happens only when I stand on my parents’ front lawn, and even then, the moon has to be in the perfect phase.
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Some say the full moon brings on insomnia, insanity, and lycanthropy. Others claim it affects young lovers, hospital emergency wards, and restless dogs. I’ll leave that to the experts and rumor-mongers. All I know is that on a moonlit summer night on the farm, you can imagine a mist of silver surfers floating lightly along the tops of the corn as the moon spins its magic.
by dan gogerty
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