Looking Up

 Lunar Eclipse   (Photo by Alfredo Garcia, Jr.)

In this Facebook age, we tend to look up friends and lovers, but rarely do we simply look up.

Last night, however, many were looking up.  There was a big bright “purple” moon to consort with: big because it was a mere 223,820 miles from earth, blue because it was the second full moon in January, and red because it was coupled with a total eclipse.

Such a “lunar trifecta” hadn’t occurred since 1982, and “won’t happen again until 2037.”  Some of us weren’t yet born in 1982.  Some of us won’t be around in 2037.  It

therefore behooves us to look up every night, in order to thank our lucky stars for life here on earth.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lunar-showstopper-1st-super-blue-blood-moon-in-35-years/ar-BBIv8i3?OCID=ansmsnnews11

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