Message from @Samwise
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Also it gives the location as los Alamos new Mexico
North of Santa Fe
It's elevation is 2231 metres above sea level
So you have a high vantage point
@Samwise Your theory is interesting indeed. However, can you please provide an explanation for why the shadow moves over the moon starting from the top? If the sun is located at the opposite horizon, the shadow should start from the bottom.
Not exactly
If you look you'll see that the moon isn't full
It's eclipsed with three quarters of the visible surface facing the earth
Remember the moon orbits the earth, it also is influenced by the sun, depending on how much light is facing it
So yeah
Particles in the atmosphere tend to distort stuff
I don't know if you know about the salt planes in Namibia?
No I do not.
It was a large lake that dried up leaving behind a dry, plane
The wind would pick up huge amounts of dust particles into the atmosphere
It creates a magnifying affect
I've been there when I was like 13
The moon was huuuuuuuuuge
That still doesn’t explain why the shadow moves down over the moon instead of upwards.
I do have a question for the FE community: whats your explanation for tides?
@Mr Orb ☭ The explanation for that is very scientific. I am not your best one to be asking that question. Something about electromagnetic energy.
Electromagnetic energy? On tides?
I learnt something
Ohhhhj
It's the earth's umbra
You are seeing the earth's shadow gwen
@Samwise No Sam. In a Selenilion eclipse, the sun is always on the opposite horizon as the moon. It is impossible for the shadow to move downwards.
It's the earth's shadow
You see
@Samwise It’s obvious my questions are over your head. I will have to ask someone else then.
It's also called a horizontal eclipse
Gwen you are being condescending now
This is over
No. I’m not. You are. Telling me it’s the earths shadow. That has to be the most idiotic scientific explanation I’ve ever come across.
Umbra, penumbra and antumbra
The selenelion only occurs just before sunset or after sunrise
Both the moon and sun are roughly opposite each other
Atmospheric refraction causes the perceived height difference
The moon is in Earth's umbra
This causes a Horizontal eclipse, which is why you are seeing the shadow go like that