Shaun Haapala

UC Team Manager, MiContact Center at Mitel

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@SenateursLNH Looking forward to watching us beat Florida 😀

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

One of the rarest moons of the decade is rising over Earth tonight.

On May 30–31, the second full moon of the month will grace the sky, creating what is known as a Blue Moon. This uncommon event occurs only about once every two and a half years. After this weekend, the next monthly Blue Moon will not appear until December 2028.

This year’s Blue Moon is especially spectacular because it coincides with a beautiful planetary lineup. Before sunrise, Mars and Saturn will shine low in the eastern sky. After sunset, Venus and Jupiter will glow brightly in the west as the full moon dominates the night.

Despite its name, a Blue Moon is not actually blue. The term simply describes the second full moon to occur within a single calendar month. Since the Moon takes roughly 29.5 days to orbit Earth, squeezing two full moons into one month is unusual but not impossible.

The best time to view this Blue Moon may surprise you. Although it reaches peak fullness in the early hours of May 31, many skywatchers prefer to observe it rising on the evening of May 30. As it lifts above the horizon near sunset, the Moon often appears larger and takes on striking deep orange and golden hues.

This warm coloring is caused by the same atmospheric effect that creates colorful sunsets. Near the horizon, moonlight travels through more of Earth’s atmosphere, scattering shorter blue wavelengths and allowing longer red and orange wavelengths to reach our eyes.

The four bright planets sharing the sky with the Blue Moon are not actually close to one another. Jupiter, for example, is currently about 365 million miles (588 million km) from Earth. They only appear grouped together from our perspective here on the ground.

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

No Sandy for the third 😞

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@GatineauGreg Keep your head up bud. Glad to see you still have passion to comment. Be thankful we have a team to watch in our backyard

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@BringBackLee 1 of the 4 so far he should have had. Not sure why everyone is so hard on him

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@LalimesMartian I would renew my season tickets even if they had zero wins. People don't realize how lucky we are to have an NHL team in their home town...until it's gone.

[Faces Magazine @facesottawa]

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[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@burnsieoriginal Ahh I can smell the smell just looking at the picture...

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@GatineauGreg Stay out of the box. Not a goalie problem.

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@ajprince All of them!

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

I was actually enjoying the #sens game with no commentators

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@senstalk_ Disagree! And I think Jenson would also

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@BringBackLee Don't do it! 👎

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

White Jersey's at home? #Sens

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@Senators Stittsvegas 😛

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

Highlight of the night so far was seeing and talking to Boro at the Canada Latvia game tonight. Miss that guy #Sens #WorldJuniors

[Clark W Griswold @GriswoldsXmas]

Repost if you’re spending Christmas Eve with the Griswolds!! 🎅🏼🎁❄️⛄️🎄

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@ian_mendes @TSNJR @TSNHammer What a game! #Sens

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@DevLeaderCa Going through this now actually with my team on a .net framework code base. I can't say enough about dotTrace and dotMemory tools for profiling. Amazing and worth purchasing. What amazed me was how the little fixes made huge differences

[Shaun Haapala @ShaunHaapala]

@BringBackLee You say that but after that fight the team woke up