is there anything wrong with cleansing crystals under a full blood moon?

dannielle, helensvale, queensland

Hi
We have a great view of a blood red moon with a shadow across the centre of it and we are in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, the far south.
We thought it was red because of forest burn off but then looked it up on the internet and discovered it was indeed an eclipse.

Priviledged is what we feel!!!

Jill and Annice

J K Sumrall, Tasmania, Australia

I'm really really sick....I missed it!! I had no idea it was happening - my mother just told me about it. Can anyone tell me when the next one is please?

Sue, Northants, UK

Allah is all well and good Dr Majid, however I'm sure there are other lifeforms on other planets who believe with equal fervour that their God / scientific anomaly created these celestial miracles.

Pete Harrington, Nr Belper, Derbyshire

In Islam,it is recommended that Muslims do a special prayer in the mosques when Lunar Eclipse does occur. Similarly when there is an Eclipse of the sun.
We usually try to remember more, the wonderful GOD,the Creator of all balanced universe.
(stars,planets,,moon,sun..).
We look to the moon in Eclipse and say:
MY LORD AND YOUR LORD IS GOD(ALLAH)...
Then we ask GOD to protect us from any harm and to forgive our sins.

Dr Majid Katme, London, UK

I had no idea that this was occuring, but when I wandered into the pub at about 10:45 pm I noticed that the moon was in part redish in colour and though to my self wow a blood moon !! I have never seen the phenomenon before in my 50 yrs of life though I have seen the moon with a bright blue ring around it, apparently due to ice crystals in the atmosphere. I was living in Brisbane at the time and that was in the late 60's.

Brian Thwaites, Sheffield, Yorkshire

its simple, the earth will block the suns light from shinning on the moon because its in the way, so the moon will get darker, it wont completely go dark because as thay said - red light will bend round our planet and shine on the moon directly behind us.

Amy, hythe, UK

Josie and Zoe - it's nothing to do with any of the other planets. The lunar eclipse is caused simply by the earth being directly between the sun and the moon. No alignment of any other planets is required, or any jumping across to Pluto or anything like that. The picture of Saturn above the article is irrelevent to the eclipse, and misleading.

Martin Evans, Newmarket, Suffolk

It's not that confusing Zoe from London! Won't the planets be in their normal place with the only difference being they will be alined creating a shadow across the moon's surface? The moon is hardly going to jump across to Pluto!

Josie, Aberdeen, Scotland

I am left confused after reading this article as to what planet goes where at 10.30 this evening? A simple diagram would have helped!

zoe, London, UK

Don't believe everything you read on the web without refernce to source. This morning's 'paper' Times makes the picture of Saturn understandable. Maybe Times On-line ought to be careful how they edit web content.

David Warr, Oxford,

That is a shot of Saturn, very nice but what on earth does it have to do with the moon?

Sean Crowley, Jersey,

I believe the photo is showing the "refraction of the moon", not a photo of Saturn.

Lela, North Carolina, USA

Lela Roberts, Outer Banks, NC, USA

How bizarre! A picture of the giant planet Saturn to illustrate the upcoming lunar eclipse. I guess your next article about Manchester United will feature an image of the Lancashire cricket team.

Grahame Veale, Newton Abbot,

All very interesting.

Even more interesting, however, is your having a picture of Saturn at the top of the article on the lunar eclipse... it is OUR moon that is the focus of tonight's event, isn't it?

Jane Davey, Hereford, UK

A good story but why is the main link to it on the World News page? I know that it is on the News, UK , Science link but I only found it by going onto the World News link.

The new "Times" format needs more tweaking

Peter, Maidstone,

According to the BBC News website:

"The eclipse will be visible from the whole of Europe, Africa, South America, and eastern parts of the US and Canada. "

Tony Court, Thetford, UK

Thank you Lewis Smith for the nice report, but what about the "rest of us" reading online from everywhere BUT the UK? Can this event be seen elsewhere in the world?

Steve Meiers, Hayward, California, USA

"a change in the weather forecast means it is likely to be visible almost everywhere in the country." What magical powers our weather forecasters are endowed with these days!

Arthur, Guildford, Surrey