Rare New Year's Eve 'once in a blue moon' lunar event rings in 2010

 I'm not really an astronomical freak but I do pay attention to the heavens and the everyday miracles one only needs to gaze  upwards to see each night, however for this story I mostly just wanted to post this cool picture that accompanied it  :) 

Kind of looks like President Bush vacationing, but not in Hawaii at 4 g's a nite.   Nope, in the old heartland it looks to me. (He sure makes Obama look more like a clown each day. Check these pics out as opposed to the Obama ones you find.  Draw your own conclusions)

 Yahoo! News: "LOS ANGELES – Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.

A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

'If you're in Times Square, you'll see the full moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant,' said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them."