Re: Lunar Eclipse. A question...

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From: bigoness
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:47

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In <Bz20sG.CF9@wrs.com> gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven) writes:

>In article 0111@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA, U21A <U21A@UNB.CA> () writes:
>>I was lucky enough to witness the lunar eclipse this evening, here in
>>Fredericton, NB, Canada. My question is this; just before totality,
>>approximately 1910 or so local time, I noticed what appeared to be
>>spots of light located at the top of what was left of the moon at
>>that time. These spots appeared to be red, and yellow, sometimes
>>white, and seemed to flash on and off.
>
  Possibly some lunar version of Bailey's Beads?  These are points
  of light that appear just before totality in a SOLAR eclipse.
  They're caused by the sun's light skimming off craters and mountains
  on the Moon's surface.

  Maybe there was light refracting around the Earth enough to
  cause such an effect...  But then again, they were probably 
  just UFOs...


  RB

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