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Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve.While we're ringing in 2010, we will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor. 
A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month — a blue moon — occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,
A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
The New Years Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For party goers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
The Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve when part of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.
I will have my camera ready 
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Get a good photo for me, Diane, as we won't be able to see it because of our storm....
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![[Linked Image from agardenersforum.com]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/junie.gif) ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
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A Blue moon is 2 full moons in 1 month, right???
I went to Wikipedia, this is what it says:
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern.
Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days compared to the lunar year.
The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years[1]), there is an extra full moon.
[b]The extra moon is called a "blue moon." Different definitions place the "extra" moon at different times.[/b]
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![[Linked Image]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w74/bridelove_photos/Scenery%20%20Nature%20Photos/77a0.jpg) A BLUE moon!!! How cool is that?!?  
I hope we get to see it, what with the snow we are getting now! 
(yes I KNOW it's not really blue!  )
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"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
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Diane, surely it will be shown on the internet someplace --so you can see it right?????
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I'm sure I can find it many places on the internet,, it's just NOT the same as seeing it my self, ya know what I mean??
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I got a really good picture of the moon tonight although it's 24 hours later. I captured a plane flying in front of the moon. I thought it was an insect flying in front of the view, I will upload it and post it tomorrow,
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goody---- because I for got to go and look for myself
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okay here is the Full/blue moon on January 1, 2010 ![[Linked Image]](http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/2thtek2/Birds/january12010.jpg) seconds later with an airplane flying across ![[Linked Image]](http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/2thtek2/Birds/januarybird2010003.jpg)
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Thanks Lynne 
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WOW great pics Diane. Thanks for letting us see too !!!
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Awesome shots!!!!
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Thank you, Diane!!  Merme
We were given two hands to hold, two eyes to see, two ears to listen & two legs to walk. But why were we given only one heart? The other heart was given to another for us to find.
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Thanks Wild Willy and Merme,,
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