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> The so-called “super wolf blood moon” was eagerly watched by millions of people around the world, mostly via live streaming video. How do they know most peop

> The so-called “super wolf blood moon” was eagerly watched by millions of people around the world, mostly via live streaming video. How do they know most people watched via live stream as opposed to just looking out the window or a telescope?

gowld 8y ago
It was visible from all of North and South America, and Western Europe, so most people couldn't see it.
- jstanley 8y ago
  * if you were lucky enough not to have complete cloud cover for the duration. It got so cloudy where I am shortly after the Earth's shadow began drifting across the moon that I couldn't even see which direction the moon was in. So I watched a live stream instead.
  - jefurii 8y ago
    I checked ClearDarkSky[1] and was lucky enough to find a place to see it withing driving distance. There were three other carfuls of people from Southern California to see it. The clouds rolled in just after the point of total eclipse. [1] http://cleardarksky.com http://cleardarksky.com [edit: https->http]
    - jstanley 8y ago
      Looks like the URL needs to be plain-http, not https. And unfortunately it thinks North America is the entire world. :)
- wizzard 8y ago
  Even if millions of people from Asia and Australia were interested enough to watch a live stream of it, I don’t believe they can categorically state that the majority of the people on the entire planet watched via live stream. I’m mostly arguing because I find the idea of everyone watching the eclipse on a video screen kind of sad.
  - Already__Taken 8y ago
    Why, I got up in the UK, found it cloudy and went back to bed. That I could have streamed it live is amazing if you think about it.
quizme2000 8y ago
What is interesting is that the flash may have not been visible to the naked eye, but most DSLR type camera that were used to stream the eclipse would pick it up. Also NASA was (and currently) shutdown during the eclipse.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
On the subject of the "super wolf blood moon" I wonder how many more random words they can stuff in there to keep the interest of tabloid newspaper readers and Facebook aunts.
rishav_sharan 8y ago
Okay i will bite. Why "super wolf"?
- russdill 8y ago
  The first full moon in January is nicknamed the wolf moon. A moon that is full at perigee is nicknamed a super moon.

gowld 8y ago

It was visible from all of North and South America, and Western Europe, so most people couldn't see it.

jstanley 8y ago
* if you were lucky enough not to have complete cloud cover for the duration. It got so cloudy where I am shortly after the Earth's shadow began drifting across the moon that I couldn't even see which direction the moon was in. So I watched a live stream instead.
- jefurii 8y ago
  I checked ClearDarkSky[1] and was lucky enough to find a place to see it withing driving distance. There were three other carfuls of people from Southern California to see it. The clouds rolled in just after the point of total eclipse. [1] http://cleardarksky.com http://cleardarksky.com [edit: https->http]
  - jstanley 8y ago
    Looks like the URL needs to be plain-http, not https. And unfortunately it thinks North America is the entire world. :)
wizzard 8y ago
Even if millions of people from Asia and Australia were interested enough to watch a live stream of it, I don’t believe they can categorically state that the majority of the people on the entire planet watched via live stream. I’m mostly arguing because I find the idea of everyone watching the eclipse on a video screen kind of sad.
- Already__Taken 8y ago
  Why, I got up in the UK, found it cloudy and went back to bed. That I could have streamed it live is amazing if you think about it.

quizme2000 8y ago

What is interesting is that the flash may have not been visible to the naked eye, but most DSLR type camera that were used to stream the eclipse would pick it up. Also NASA was (and currently) shutdown during the eclipse.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

On the subject of the "super wolf blood moon" I wonder how many more random words they can stuff in there to keep the interest of tabloid newspaper readers and Facebook aunts.

rishav_sharan 8y ago

Okay i will bite. Why "super wolf"?

russdill 8y ago
The first full moon in January is nicknamed the wolf moon. A moon that is full at perigee is nicknamed a super moon.