What was the Earth protecting the moon from last night anyway?
Ah, the solstice sun… First time in 456 years, apparently.
Happy Solstice. More here.
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Happy solstice mate. That moon is a “blood moon” isn’t it–the kind of one that in the Middle Ages they thought was a sign of imminent apocalypse…amazing. I saw the glow but not the moon, because of the clouds–obscured here in Davis, CA. But it happened at about 11.40pm and I was still up…
Lucky you. I saw it in my dreams only (I think).
Intrigued about the date, I just looked up what happened in 1544: Mongols burned Peking, Turks invaded Hungary (again), rats arrived in North America, Portuguese arrived in Taiwan.
1545: battles (English and French, English and Scots, Georgians and Turks), hunger in China.
1546: battles, Spaniards conquering the Yucatan, births, deaths.
The usual things, all fit for a blood moon.
Beautiful pictures thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!!
gary