Above Petersburg rose bloody moon – TVNZ

Nature took the unusual gift is not sleeping in St. Petersburg. Last night over northern capital rose red moon.

Peak astronomical phenomenon occurred at five in the morning. Reigned in the sky “bloody lady” was going a little over an hour. But residents of the northern capital of luck. Downtown overcast cirrus clouds. Light came from behind them only occasionally. But in the suburbs could see everything perfectly.

«The beauty of nature is sometimes impressive and fascinating. There is some hint of sadness with the alluring mystery, “- commented on the phenomenon in social networks Irina Zhemchugov.

mystery and mysticism indeed rife. Not only is the moon got red, so also was the fourteen percent more and thirty percent brighter. But scientists have found the whole rationale.

– The red moon appears only when the coincidence of two conditions: the full moon and lunar eclipse. At the same time the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs only a short, blue, rays of sunlight and the red, more long passes, and they fall to the surface of the moon – explained senior scientist employee of the Pulkovo Observatory Tatiana Borisevich.

The huge size of the satellite is due to even simpler: The moon took place at the nearest point to Earth in its orbit.

– Typically, the distance from the Earth to the Moon is 410,000 kilometers, and last night there were only 356,000 kilometers. Because of this, it seems that it has increased in size – told “Komsomolskaya Pravda” a spokesman for the Pulkovo Observatory Sergei Smirnov.

APOCALYPSE WILL

With ancient times was considered a bloody moon messenger troubles. Then people still could not scientifically explain the amazing astronomical event.

– In our subconscious red color associated with fire, war, blood. So people thought that the unusual moon brings bad weather. And since fires occur regularly, you find confirmation of this was easy, – said Sergey Smirnov.

This year, Internet users and all was terrified. They assumed that after a lunar eclipse on Earth will come to an end. Confirm their guesses lines from the Bible, which says that “the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord is great and glorious».

In order to avoid panic in the real world, NASA specialists They issued a statement: the world is not in danger. In the next hundred years, the asteroids are going to fly past the planet. Apocalypse canceled. But scientists say that during a lunar eclipse should be more attentive to the family and friends.

– The full moon and new moon may worsen bleeding and mental disorders have unbalanced people. Likely anger. But this is the maximum that can “do” the bloody moon, – says Sergey Smirnov.

However, the next time to panic because of the red moon will have soon. According to the calculations of astrologers, it will go away in only eighteen years old.