Doomsday prophets and modern mystics constantly warn us that a blood moon is a terrifying supernatural omen signaling the collapse of human civilization and the dawn of a new spiritual era.

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Doomsday prophets and modern mystics constantly warn us that a blood moon is a terrifying supernatural omen signaling the collapse of human civilization and the dawn of a new spiritual era. In reality, a blood moon is just a basic lunar eclipse where the earth passes between the sun and the moon, and the red color is simply caused by sunlight filtering through the dust in our own atmosphere. This completely predictable orbital geometry has been mathematically mapped out by astronomers for centuries, yet every few years social media goes into a full panic because the sky rock changed color for a couple of hours. It proves that no matter how much advanced science we achieve, human beings will always harbor a primal instinct to freak out and assume the gods are angry whenever the moon looks slightly different