Moon Shadow

Nocturne

Vanessa Lowe

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In September 2015 the full moon crossed into the Earth’s shadow and turned redish gold. It was the first blood moon, or total lunar eclipse of a super moon, in over 30 years, and it wouldn’t happen again for almost twenty more. The moon was old and strange, and we were seeing it in a form that occurs only very rarely. It was something we had to show up for, because it wasn’t available on demand. We had to come out of our homes and out of our routines.Also, the moon that night made us look up, away from ourselves and our immediate concerns. It reminded us of the real scale of things, at least for a little while.

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0:45.4	Again, that's audible.com slash nocturne. The You're listening to Nokter. I'm Vanessa Lowe. In September 2015, 2015, the full moon crossed into the Earth's shadow and turned reddish gold.
1:23.5	It was the first blood moon or total lunar eclipse
1:26.1	of a supermoon in over 30 years,
1:28.7	and it wouldn't happen again for almost 20 more.
1:32.2	The blood moon was visible to billions of people around the world.
1:35.0	Folks went out in droves because it was a stunning and unusual sight. I went out for
1:40.5	that same reason, but also for another one. I love witnessing beautiful
1:45.2	things with groups of strangers. It gives me an odd thrill and I almost always cry.
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