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The ongoing eruption of the Galeras volcano in southwestern Columbia is spewing fine ash miles high into the atmosphere. Airborne volcanic ash can act as a color-filter, turning moonlight blue. Although it is often said that Blue Moons are mythical, they can appear during volcanic eruptions, so this is a good time to look for a bright "Blue Moon" over your part of the world.

I hope someone has alerted Al Gore to this flagrant assault on the natural order!!

Whaddaya mean? That IS the natural order!

Blue Moon, is that the natural phenomenon that usually precedes that other one called "H3LL freezing over"?

Also one of fav Cowboy Junkies recordings.

Pretty good Beer too!

i thought it was about the beer! LOL

From Wikipedia:

"The most obvious meaning of blue moon is when the moon (not necessarily a full moon) appears to a casual observer to be unusually bluish, which is a rare event. The effect can be caused by smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere, as has happened after forest fires in Sweden and Canada in 1950 and, notably, after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, which caused the moon to appear blue for nearly two years."

I think it would be a startling thing to look up and see the moon in any other way than I have seen it for 40 years. Cool.

lli'red, I think you cover all possibilites. You think that incluces the reason for "Blue Moon Over Kentucky"?