Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volcanology

Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by nasir on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:21AM (#35466105)

I find it interesting how carefully the title of this article is curated. It's a pure (harmless) clickbait. I wonder if it necessarily attracts the right eyeball. Or any eyeball is a good eyeball?

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:12AM (#35466410)

It does somewhat bury the lede:

> The darkest lunar eclipses all occurred within a year or so of major volcanic eruptions.

Which if correct, has predictive power about future eruptions, since future lunar eclipses can be accurately predicted.

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by gattilorenz on Thursday April 06, 2023 @07:22AM (#35466875)

It’s the other way around. The eclipse is darker than usual because of volcanic ashes in the atmosphere.

You can certainly predict a darker-than-usual lunar eclipse (if a volcano recently erupted), if that’s your thing.

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday April 06, 2023 @07:35AM (#35466986)

I see! thanks for explaining the mechanism.

So the "darker than usual" aspect won't be from astronomical calculations, but also from the historical records?

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by gattilorenz on Thursday April 06, 2023 @07:23AM (#35466885)

Lovely indeed.

Imagine the title if the idea came up while on the toilet.

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by the_last_human on Thursday April 06, 2023 @07:57AM (#35467156)

You see it as clickbait, I see it as signaling a deeper understanding of Floyd’s work as it indirectly references the moon (the most famous work) as well as their iconic Live at Pompeii.

To me, it’s a great title.

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by mattpallissard on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:06PM (#35470379)

Alternate title: Researcher gets baked and thinks about the moon and volcanoes.

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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by nasir on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:10AM (#35479726)

yeah who would click on that?

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