All the moon snails, if we include English common names. Are moon snails called moon snails in other languages? > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Egerton [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:27 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: eclipse > > Oops, > > Yes, of course there is no path across the earth. The path is of the > earth across the moon. Silly me, this is what happens when I do e-mail > while not fully awake! All we need to know is whether the moon is > visible from our area and if the weather cooperates. For those of us > in western north america the full eclipse is from 8:04pm to 9:23pm PST > (a nice long time compared to solar eclipses!). > > Shell related: how many shell names are there relating to the moon? > We have the big Lunatia lewisii here where I live. > > Wishing everyone clear skies tomorrow, > We had thunder storms here during the leonid shower! :-( > Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada > > > >The lunar eclipse will be at its best around midnight (EST) this > Thursday. > >The shadow of the earth falls on the Moon here and there is no shadow > path > >across the Earth. Hence anyone who can see the Moon can see the full > >effects of the eclipse. The redness will be due to differential bending > >(refraction) of the different colors of the Sun's spectrum by the > atmosphere > >of the Earth. The blue end scatters heavily and gives a blue sky while > the > >red end of the spectrum scatters much less, passing through the > atmosphere > >and continuing on to strike the Moon. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada > Collector of worldwide Mollusca, > student of zoology and computers for life. > The beginnings of my website: > http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html > -------------------------------------------------------