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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 just a full moon by rant-mode-on · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Its not just a full moon, its also a blue moon (2nd full moon inside a calendar month). The first blue moon on Halloween since 1955.

    1. Re:Not just a full moon by 4mn0t1337 · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Full moon is a specific event (not just "a whole lotta light reflected from the surface."). For it to happen *exactly* on the 31st must mean that the first moon of the month was on or about Oct. 2nd.

      So, yes, "all full moons on Halloween [would] be Blue Moons." Everytime it happens, that is the case. But the point is that it still doesn't happen that often.

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  2. Halloween's full moon is rare treat by mxpengin · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This halloween will be very special, with the crisis we are living and some superstitious facts. CNN tells us: To make the superstitious even more jittery, a constellation associated with the some end-of-the-world beliefs will also be at the top of Wednesday night's sky.
    Look a great article about this at cnn.com .

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  3. wait, does this qualify as a quicky? by Spiral+Man · · Score: 3, Interesting
    please say quickies are back. please, please, please!

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  4. Other creative ideas by Nate+Fox · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was just too stoked to see this. Those wacky kids over at sCary's carved pumpkins the other night. The best, hands down, is the middle one here. I dont ever think I've ever seen a Thundercats logo in a pumpkin. Even better: shugaMom was the one who carved it.

  5. Gimp-O-Lantern by frantzdb · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This was last year but it turned out pretty nicely: Gimp-O-Lantern.

    --Ben

  6. Re:Gawd, relax! by easter1916 · · Score: 0, Interesting

    In Ireland, where Halloween originated as "Samhain", a pre-christian Celtic celebration, we light huge bonfires, the trick or treaters must *perform* some kind of song and dance or funny routine to earn cash, not candy.

  7. Blue Moon by JungleBoy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now days we call the 2nd full moon in a calender month a blue moon. But that was not the original definition.

    Usually a season has 3 full moons, the last one often being called the harvest moon. On occasion, a season has 4 full moons. The last moon in the season is still the harvest moon. The 3rd full moon in a season with 4 full moons is the Blue Moon.

    You can find this history in Sky and Telescope

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