SUPERMOON: BIGGEST MOON IN 18 YEARS

Last weekend we saw a supermoon in the sky. It was the biggest moon we've seen in 18 years.
The moon looked 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, due to the orbit of the moon around the Earth.
Because the moon was low in the horizon, it looked extra big in comparison to other objects in the distance, such as buildings or mountains.
Did you see the moon on Saturday?
Did it look really big?
Tell us about it.

VITORIA-GASTEIZ: GREEN CAPITAL 2012

Vitoria the next Green Capital 2012

Vitoria will be the next Green Capital 2012.

Vitoria is the smallest of all the candidates, as population, as extension, and the winner.
Vitoria´s Town Hall has been characterized for the creation of green spaces around the city, close to the town centre forming what is known as the green ring, the result of an ambitious recovery and environmental restoration plan of the periphery and articulated by various enclaves of high ecological and landscape value.

Vitoria in addition has a serial of measures to reduce light pollution, all of which, together with the effort to reduce domestic water consume below a hundred litres per capita per day are three of the major pillars that have based to award.

LUNAR ECLIPSE ON JUNE 15

A total lunar eclipse took place yesterday, June 15. It was the first of two eclipses in 2011. The second will occur on December 10, 2011.





The eclipse was difficult to see in the Basque Country because the sky was covered by clouds, but here we can see some photos taken in other parts of the world.

This type of eclipse occurs when the Moon is equally
aligned with the Sun and the Earth. It doesn't become totally invisible, as can happen with solar eclipses; instead, it becomes darker and takes on a dusty shade of reddish orange. This happens because the Sun's rays are refracted in the Earth's atmosphere before reaching the Moon. The colour taken on by the Moon during the eclipse will depend on the state of the Earth's atmosphere at that time.


The next central total lunar eclipse will be on July 27, 2018.

HAPPY NEW (AND SNOWY) YEAR

HELLO KIDS:

There has been a lot of snow in Gasteiz, did you enjoy it? Snow is funny but it brings a lot of problems in the streets, roads...
There have been a lot of accidents and many people fell down in the streets because of the ice. Those people were taken to the hospital, some of them with broken bones.











Did you have problems to come to school?
How did you come? on foot? by bus? by car?

Tell us about your experiences.







In Europe, there has been a lot of snow too, here you have some examples:





The Eiffel Tower, one of Paris' main touristic attractions, was closed because of the snow and the ice.












In Milan (Italy) it was difficult to walk near the famous Cathedral.











A lot of airports were closed and many flights were cancelled or delayed.
Here you can see Manchester airport in England.