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Re: Darkest night
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2010 Dec 24, 04:34 EST
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2010 Dec 24, 04:34 EST
They really meant the "longest night" rather than darkest. I guess
the word darkness is more dramatic.
Jeremy
In a message dated 12/23/2010 11:16:19 P.M. Central Asia Standard Ti,
apacherunner@gmail.com writes:
I think it's more the remarkable coincidence of a full lunar eclipse with the winter solstice, which is quite rare. The "darkest night" is hype, obviously. If you want a dark night, northern Greenland is a good candidate.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Michael Dorl <mdorl@wisc.edu> wrote:
People keep telling me about the Solstice lunar eclipse and how it was the darkest night in years. This media publicity seems to have taken on a life of its own. Off hand it would seem to me that any night with out a moon would be darker than that on 12/21 with a full moon and a total lunar eclipse.
So is there anything to this darkest night business or is this just some media hype?
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