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All Hallow's Eve

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the trick-or-treat dept.

It seemed like a shame to delete all the Hallowe'en submissions coming in today, so let's see if we can figure out something useful to do with them. Tonight is a full moon, which is a bad thing if you happen to be around animals. Several readers sent in Mac O' Lanterns of various types. One soul sent in a Jack O' Linux. This guy carves big pumpkins (be sure to click the arrows to see the finished versions). And if all else fails, bring out the Gimp.

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  1. Not only a full moon tonight... by 4mn0t1337 · · Score: 5, Informative
    It is really a Blue Moon.

    From the article:
    what's so unusual about a blue moon on Halloween is that it last shone over California in 1944. And there won't be another until the year 2020

    And:
    The blue moon was originally defined by the Maine Farmer's Almanac in 1819 as an extra full moon within any season. Later, however, the respected publication Sky and Telescope altered the almanac's definition and since then it has come to mean the second full moon within a single month.

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