Spectacular moon...

mcdude · 08-27-2018, 07:55 AM

Actually forest fires in Canada https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im...ets-eastern-us

BroadHopper · 08-27-2018, 08:36 AM

http://www.nhpr.org/post/smoke-calif...-new-hampshire

webmaster · 08-27-2018, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

Actually forest fires in Canada https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im...ets-eastern-us

That article appears to be from 2002.

AC2717 · 08-27-2018, 09:52 AM

we looked it up on the way home
its called a Sturgeon Moon, it is called that because fisherman found that when the moon looked like that it was the best time to catch sturgeon

steve-on-mark · 08-27-2018, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by webmaster

That article appears to be from 2002.

Maybe it took this long for the smoke to get here!

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mcdude · 08-27-2018, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by webmaster

That article appears to be from 2002.

oops! my bad.....I did hear on TV that it had to do with forest fire smoke coming from Canada.....didn't realize that the actual fires were in CA!! The link posted by Broadhopper shows how it is coming across the continent.

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AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,616 Thanks: 756 Thanked 369 Times in 277 Posts	we looked it up on the way home its called a Sturgeon Moon, it is called that because fisherman found that when the moon looked like that it was the best time to catch sturgeon __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries" Last edited by AC2717; 08-27-2018 at 12:30 PM.

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