On Friday, a "blood moon" is lit to illuminate the night sky, but some people believe that it could actually cause the end of the world.
The lunar eclipse, which occurs about twice a year, transforms our rocky satellite into a deep coppery red shade and it is the result of passing through the shadow of the Earth.
When light refracts differently in the atmosphere and hits the moon, it makes it appear red. During a total eclipse, the entire moon is in the shade and it appears "blood red".
The striking lunar eclipse of Friday should be one of the longest views of this century, at about an hour and 43 minutes
its purely scientific origins, the blood moon is considered by many as a mystical sign of fate.
Here are some of the most important myths and conspiracy theories.
The Blood Moon is considered by many to be a mystical sign of doom (Image: iStockphoto)
Biblical Prophecy
Some believe that the blood moon refers to the messages hidden in the Bible describing the end of the world.
Doomsday Ministers John Hagee and Mark Biltz first popularized the "Blood Moon Prophecy" in 2014, suggesting that the "tetrad" in progress – four consecutive lunar eclipses – is the indicator of the end of the earth described in the Bible. : 20 and Revelation 6:12.
The first eclipse in the prophesied tetrad took place on April 15, 2014 and was followed by Blood Moons on October 8, 2014, April 4, 2015, and September 28, 2015, so that the prophecy did not occur. is not unrolled as the preachers were waiting for it.
The theory is interpreted from the Book of Joel, which says, "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come."
A similar passage in the Book of Revelations reads as follows: "I looked, when he opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as a sack of hair. became like blood. "
Unsurprisingly, the prophecy was repeatedly rejected by astr
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African Myth
Not everyone believes that the blood moon will bring violence or the end of the world.
The Batammaliba people in Togo and Benin think that the eclipse is the result of fighting the sun and the moon. People encourage them to stop.
"They see this as a moment of gathering and resolving old quarrels and anger," says Jarita Holbrook, cultural astronomer at the Western Cape University in Bellville, South Africa, in National Geographic. . The legend continues today.
