Pink Moon On April 28
Not a blue moon, but rather a pink moon is predicted for April 28. Why is it called the pink moon? April’s full moon is traditionally called the pink full moon, but it doesn’t mean that the coloration will be any different.
From Space.com:
“The grass pink or wild phlox moon is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and — among coastal tribes — the Full Fish Moon, when the shad come upstream to spawn. The moon will also undergo a very slight partial lunar eclipse, which will be visible from the Eastern Hemisphere, but not from North America. At its peak, less than 1.5 percent of the moon’s diameter will be immersed in the Earth’s umbral shadow; a very underwhelming event to say the least.”
Aliens causing the perfect ice circles in a New York pond?
Mysterious pond circles have been spotted in a pond in upstate New York by Peggy Gervase and she took a photo and uploaded to Facebook. The photo showed perfectly round circles in the surface ice. Is this the work of aliens?
Meteor Lights Up East Coast USA
A large meteor, the size of a boulder, lit up the night sky across the East Coast USA at about 8pm EDT. It broke up in the atmosphere and went out across the Atlantic Ocean.
Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environmental Office said:
Judging from the brightness, we’re dealing with something as bright as the full moon. The thing is probably a yard across. We basically have (had) a boulder enter the atmosphere over the northeast.
Online Ivory Trade Threatens Africa’s Elephants
African forest elephants reduced by 62% in 10 years due to ivory trading. Illegal tusks are being bought and sold on countless Internet forums and shopping sites worldwide. This has to stop, if not these forest elephants are heading for extinction, possibly within the next decade.
Dolphin Dies In Polluted NYC Canal
An injured dolphin, bleeding from a wound to its dorsal fin, stranded in a polluted canal in Brooklyn has died after it became wedged between a rock and a pillar below the Union Street Bridge.
Experts plan to conduct a necropsy to determine why the dolphin died.
First-Ever Video of Giant Squid
Check out this giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida Pompano Beach beach. Who does it belong too? Professor Rob Martin of FSCJ believes it might belong to a giant sea creature like a squid.
60 Foot Whale Beached In NYC
A 60-foot-long whale was discovered still breathing on a New York City beach is likely to die overnight. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration biologist says that the whale is emaciated and in poor physical condition so there is nothing that can be done to save it.
NOAA plans to perform a necropsy after the whale’s death to determine the cause of the whale’s condition.
Total Solar Eclipse In Australia
Check out the time lapse video of the total solar eclipse in Australia. It occured on Tuesday, but it will actually be Nov. 14 local time for observers south of the equator. The eclipse’s partial phases will be visible from all of Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand, as well as part of Antarctica.
Large Eyeball Belongs To Squid
Check out this giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida Pompano Beach beach. Who does it belong too? Professor Rob Martin of FSCJ believes it might belong to a giant sea creature like a squid.
Annular Eclipse Fills The Sky
Millions of people in Asia turned their attention skyward to view a rare eclipse changing the sun into what looks like a blazing ring of fire. It started just after 6 am Beijing time, people in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hainan province were the first to see this, followed by Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces.
The annular eclipse was visible to wide areas across China, Japan and elsewhere in the region before moving across the Pacific to be seen in parts of the western United States.
