About The World

About the World

1. Australian Open

Roger Federer won his 20th Men's singles Grand  Slam Title against Marin Cilic 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1.                   

Caroline Wozniacki won the Women's singles tournament against S. Halep 6(2) 6 4. 

2. The Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 9 to 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.

Super Moon

Super Moon

A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the Moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.

An Image Comparison Between The Two Moons

 

A Video About Super Moons 

Blue Moon

Blue Moon

A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: either the third of four full moons in a season, or a second full moon in a month of the common calendar.
The phrase has nothing to do with the actual color of the moon, although a literal "blue moon" (the moon appearing with a tinge of blue) may occur in certain atmospheric conditions: e.g., if volcanic eruptions or fires leave particles in the atmosphere of just the right size to preferentially scatter red light^.

Image of a Blue Moon

 

A Video About Blue Moons

Blood Moon

Blood Moon
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its shadow. This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon.

A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to rayleigh scattering of the more blue light. Because of its reddish color, a total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon.

Picture of a Blood Moon:

Phases of a Blood Moon:

Video about a Blood Moon