Tonight Will Be Longest, Darkest Night of Past 500 Years

[CreaseCrusader91]

Thanks to a lunar eclipse on the longest night of the year, tonight we'll be experiencing the longest, darkest night in a very long time. It's been nearly 500 years since the last solstice lunar eclipse.

 

According to Wired Science:

 

The Earth's shadow will begin to blot out the moon at 1:32 a.m. EST (10:32 p.m. PST). During totality, when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun, the moon will turn a rusty orange-red for 72 minutes from 2:41 a.m. to 3:53 a.m. EST (11:41 p.m. to 12:53 a.m. PST).

Europe and Africa will only get a partial view of the eclipse, but for those of us here in the Americas the best times to watch are during those 72 minutes of totality.

 

Here's a handy map showing the path of the eclipse:

 

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lsn1ixw2c7xjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

 

http://io9.com/5715413/tonight-will-be-the-darkest-night-of-the-past-500-years

[Phil]

Awesome!

[chrros7]

Aw come on! We haven't been playing all THAT bad.

[Respecttheblue]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lsn1ixw2c7xjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

 

http://io9.com/5715413/tonight-will-be-the-darkest-night-of-the-past-500-years

 

Nice job I thought it was unusually dark driving home, not sure if this had anything to do with it.

 

Aw come on! We haven't been playing all THAT bad.

 

Stralman's injured; Staal's still out; McIlrath needs surgery; Talbot just let in a goal where he looked human ...

Sid Rosenberg's back on WFAN, Isaiah Thomas was interviewing with him; the Knicks suxxor; Del Zotto's on the trading block; Dolan wants to do away with the Knicks City Dancers :mad:, and you tell me it's not all that bad

[Tonybologna]

I think this is from 2010. Really disappointed but I should've realized this wasn't real because there's no full moon tonight, eclipses only happen during full moons.

[CreaseCrusader91]

I think this is from 2010. Really disappointed but I should've realized this wasn't real because there's no full moon tonight, eclipses only happen during full moons.

 

My bad, saw it shared on FB and CTRL+C'D, CTRL+V'D.

[Tonybologna]

It's all good haha

[High and Wide]

I fall for these literally every time.

[Mike]

What's the point of making this shit up? Is this what nerds do for fun?