OT: Tonight will be the darkest night in 500 years...

[Frabjous]

Yup, 6 years ago, had a senior moment, becoming more common than the solstices!

 

[flavorguy]

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5715413/tonight-will-be-the-darkest-night-of-the-past-500-years

A combination of the winter solstice and a lunar eclipse. But some folks are in the dark all the time anyway....

Article is from 2010....

 

[royboy]

interesting, but that article is dated 12/20/2010

 

[bjf1991]

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5715413/tonight-will-be-the-darkest-night-of-the-past-500-years

A combination of the winter solstice and a lunar eclipse. But some folks are in the dark all the time anyway....

And that night will be forever after known as "GunsNacht"

 

[The_Unit]

That article is from 12/20/2010

 

[nitanee123]

I think that article is from 2010.

 

[step.eng69]

interesting, but that article is dated 12/20/2010

gizmodo

Not to worry, the date is fixed.......
Tonight will be the darkest night of the past 500 years

Annalee Newitz
12/20/2016 4:48pm
Filed to: space porn

Thanks to a lunar eclipse on the longest night of the year, tonight we'll be experiencing the longest, darkest night in a very long time. It's been nearly 500 years since the last solstice lunar eclipse. Here's what you'll see.

Eclipse photo by Chris Hondros/Getty.

NYU science journalism professor John Rennie explains what you're likely to see in the wee hours of the morning:

1. Faint penumbral dimming of the moon's disk.
2. Pervasive creeping sensations of unease.
3. Howling of wolves.
4. Unclean things walk the earth; Dick Cheney rises from the grave.
5. Contortion of the zodiac.
6. Intrusion of strange dimensions.
7. Universal gibbering madness.
8. Cthulhu.
9. A glimmer of sanity in the chaos.
10. Restoration of Euclidean geometry.
11. Fungal Mi-go from Yuggoth return captive brains to their rightful owners.
12. Applause, followed by waffles for breakfast.

 

[royboy]

Folks in the Midwest had the strange combination of the darkest night with a white-out snowfall.

 

[LafayetteBear]

Can I preorder my waffles?

 

[83wuzme]

Given the ever increasing amount of man made light, I very much doubt it is the darkest night.