October 31, 2020
I bought a couple of bags of candy but not one trick or treat kid came to the door tonight. Not surprising considering the pandemic now have enough chocolate to snack on for a month.
When it was clear that the streets would be empty for the night, I took a brief walk in search of he full moon I had read would be rising up there somewhere.
A minute later, red tinged Mars showed up to join the 'Blue Moon', a pretty neat trick on Halloween.
“Once in a blue moon” explained…
The Oct. 31 full moon also happens to be a "blue moon," a designation for the second full moon to occur in a single calendar month. Blue moons are relatively rare as well, occurring on average just once every 2.5 years or so. Blue moons are relatively rare as well, occurring on average just once every 2.5 years or so. It won't happen again until 2039.
By then I will have consumed all that candy.
Whoa, from my history of Midnight Rambles, I recognize that reddish planet.
Surprise...Mars in the clear sky!
Photographs by Paul A. Tamburello, Jr.
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