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Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Stargazers capture blood moon over Cumbrian skies
Early risers across Cumbria were up before dawn on Friday morning to catch a glimpse of the blood moon. A 'blood moon' is created when the moon moves into Earth's shadow, gradually darkening before turning red. In a partial lunar eclipse, the sun, Earth and moon are almost, rather than fully, aligned. This means a dark section appears on the moon. Cloudy conditions obscured the view for some in Cumbria (Image: Pauline Crane) Astronomer Jake Foster, at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: 'When the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, the only sunlight that can reach the moon must first pass through the Earth's atmosphere. 'As sunlight enters the atmosphere, different wavelengths (and therefore colours) of light will be scattered and bounced around by differing amounts. Blue light scatters a great deal, which is why our skies are blue. 'Red light is mostly unaffected by the gases of the atmosphere, so it travels all the way through them and out the other side where it can shine on the moon, making it appear red.' The moon started to turn red at around 5.30am and became most visible just before 6.30am. Unfortunately, across Cumbria the moon wasn't visible everywhere due to forecaster cloud cover. READ MORE: Carlisle Lake District Airport hosts RAF Cobra Warrior exercise | News and Star Paul Grindley from Brampton braved the chilly conditions near Brampton on Friday morning and managed to get a shot of the blood moon. 'It was a bit chilly but worth it to get the photo,' said Paul. Pauline Crane also ventured out early to grab a picture of the blood but the cloudy, Cumbrian conditions prevented her from getting a close up view. The last total lunar eclipse was in May 2022 when the moon turned completely red.
BBC News
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Farmer urges RAF Waddington plane spotters to 'keep off my crops'
A farmer with land next to an RAF base has urged plane spotters to stop trampling through his have flocked to RAF Waddington for Exercise Cobra Warrior, a major military exercise which started on 24 February and ends on 14 farmer Shane said some were "breaking through fences" and walking through his fields to get a better view of the Waddington said it was "disappointed" and asked people to "refrain from trespassing on private farmland." Shane said: "Everyone's got a right to watch the planes but it becomes a problem when they're breaking through fences for it."The farmer said people walking through fields could ruin crops and "hold us up from doing our jobs"."Our crops are our money so if everybody could keep to the footpaths that'd be fantastic," he said. 'Be respectful' Shane added he would make footpaths as accessible as he could, but said it was a "vicious cycle" when that attracted more people on to his land."The local people are normally very respectful so it'd just be nice if everyone did what we're asking them to do.""Enjoy the countryside and the planes, but be respectful", he added. A spokesperson from RAF Waddington said: "We are disappointed to hear of the problems encountered by one of our neighbours. "We understand that many aviation enthusiasts look forward to viewing the visiting aircraft during exercises such as Cobra Warrior and always encourage members of the public to use the Waddington Aircraft Viewing Enclosure which provides a safe and designated space to enjoy aircraft activity at RAF Waddington. "We would also like to reiterate to anyone thinking about visiting the area to be respectful of our neighbours and to refrain from trespassing on private farmland." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- BBC News
Woman detained after climbing fence at Lincolnshire RAF base
A woman has been detained after climbing over the fence of an RAF base where a multi-nation military training exercise was taking place. The woman was stopped by military police as she headed towards the runway at RAF Waddington, the Ministry of Defence added that the incident "lasted less than ten minutes and did not impact on operations".The base near Lincoln, which is home to the Red Arrows display team, is currently hosting the Cobra Warrior training exercise with aircraft from France, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
