A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a certain relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any given place, due to the smaller size of the moon's shadow. Also unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions, as they are no brighter (indeed dimmer) than the full moon itself.
The shadow of the Earth can be divided into two distinctive parts: the umbra and penumbra. Within the umbra, there is no direct solar radiation. However, as a result of the Sun’s large angular size, solar illumination is only partially blocked in the outer portion of the Earth’s shadow, which is given the name penumbra. A penumbral eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s penumbra. The penumbra causes a subtle darkening of the Moon's surface. A special type of penumbral eclipse is a total penumbral eclipse, during which the Moon lies exclusively within the Earth’s penumbra. Total penumbral eclipses are rare, and when these occur, that portion of the Moon which is closest to the umbra can appear somewhat darker than the rest of the Moon.
Michelle Thaller (born in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is an American astronomer and research scientist. Thaller is currently the assistant director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
From 1998 to 2009 she was a staff scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, and later Manager of the Education and Public Outreach program for the Spitzer Space Telescope, at the California Institute of Technology.
A native of Wisconsin, Thaller attended Harvard University where she majored in astrophysics and worked on precision measurement of binary stars and received a Bachelor's degree in 1992. At Georgia State University Thaller worked on colliding winds in close massive binary systems and received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1998.
Thaller has been featured in an episode of the National Geographic Channel documentary television series, Naked Science and has appeared on Life and Times on the Los Angeles based television station KCET. She is also a regular contributor to the online edition of the Christian Science Monitor for which she writes a monthly science column and has appeared seven times on the History Channel show, The Universe She also appears in the Science Channel's "How the Universe Works".{Season 1/Ep. 4 entitled "Extreme Stars"} Thaller also contributed to and appeared in the award-winning video podcast series IRrelevant Astronomy.
I could feel her soul, walking beside me
Like a thousand roses, with thorns that cut too deep
By her place I stand, with a picture in my hand
Now my tears are falling, leaving traces in the ground
Sail away
On my trail of tears from the other side
Sail away
>From the world you knew before it conquers you
Sail away
Take the time to see your independency
Sail away
May my prayer be heard in the light of la luna
I would like to join her, in her brand new world
A part of me is dying, since you left our world
I hope you'll be allright, even if it hurtsSail away
Please come back to me I'll make you whole again
Sail away
I will cure your heart you'll have a brand new start
Sail away
In my mind I free you from your misery
Sail away
May my prayer be heard in the light of la luna
I saw it coming through the atmosphere
Now I've been waiting for her
In a flash her image disapears
[Instrumental]
Blackness this night is coming to be
I arise aflame with surprise
Dark needs ascend then fall into me
The master's call
Just can't be denied
Fall unto my grace
Bid into the game
Recognize this face
But don't speak aloud my name
Crawl forth
& worm through the shadow
Prowling creep
With an itch for demise
Blood beast
Basking in the moon glow
Not alone i'm right by your side
Fall unto my grace
Bid into the game
Recognize this face
But don't speak aloud my name
Never had a choice
When nothing's left to lose
Hate for sinner not for sin
Soul is easy to unloose
Feel the cold hand grip
Away the life force slip
Dragged asunder as
Crimson sweet quells
A nefarious hunger
Heed the spirit call
Commands not one
But all eye of night gone blind
So evil runs free
& closes in from behind
Man forsaken
Renounced & marked to die
Deeds for darkness
The game is in motion.
Wendigo arise.
Boiling over
Wrath & righteous rage
Vengeful spirit
Brings hell to the earth
At the end of the age
Black pitch this night is coming to be
The master's call