Blue Moon- Is it really Blue ?

"Blue moon" is a quirky astronomical term used to describe the second full moon in a calendar month, an event which occurs only once every two and a half years.
But it hasn't always been this way.

Up until the 1940s, the term blue moon was used to describe the third full moon in a season.
In 1946, Sky & Telescope magazine mistakenly attributed it to the second full month of the month.

The error was repeated in a 1980 episode of a popular US radio show called Star Date, which in turn appeared as the answer to a question in the board game Trivial Pursuit. As a result, the mistake has stuck.

However you define it, a blue moon isn't a common event. On average they occur once every two and a half years, which probably led to the term 'once in a blue moon'.

So if the moon doesn't change colour, why use the term 'blue'?

Geoff Wyatt, Manager of the Sydney Observatory, believes it probably has more to do with how the moon might 'feel', rather than its colour.
"To have two full moons in a month, means (the Moon) has used some energy so it will be down. It's not a colour reference, it's more an emotive reference," Wyatt says.

Link:http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=274991
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Capturing The Beauty Of Nature ! !

I have been thinking to add this post as my first one but waited for the right matter to add to it.

Being a great photo enthusiast, I am passionate about capturing aesthetic beauty endowed by HIM to us.

Photography has been greatly enhanced by the invention of the digital cameras and the famous photoshop software .One of the most beautiful aspect digital cameras provide to us is that they let you experiment various modes , tuning between zooming,brightness,exposure,etc. and more importantly,you can delete the images you feel, are crap. This has brought the photography experience to an entirely different level.

Recently,I found a website of a photographer Marc Adamus whose marvellous work made me spellbound. They really depict the extra-efforts that are required apart from camera for a successful snap.Each and every snap taken by him depict a perfect blend of rich colours and a flavour of freshness one senses in one's cornea.

Here is the link:http://wildphoto.smugmug.com/

He had won the monthly contest of April organized by popphoto.com :http://www.popphoto.com/photocontests/1575/your-best-shot.html

So,to all photography enthusiasts, here is the podium to show your talent. Go and get going with the contests on http://www.pophoto.com/