Mother nature is taking a huge shot at the Atlanta Falcons.
The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years is coming tonight, which just so happens to be on the same night the Patriots play the Falcons. The eclipse’s duration: 3 hours, 28 minutes, according to NASA.
Those numbers strike a nerve in every Falcons fan as it relates to the Super Bowl when the Tom Brady-led Patriots rallied from a huge deficit — 28-3 — to beat the Falcons 34-28 in overtime.
A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth, and a full moon form a near-perfect lineup in space.
For East Coast observers, the partial eclipse begins a little after 2 a.m. Friday and reaches its maximum at 4 a.m. For people on the West Coast, it begins just after 11 p.m. Thursday and reaches a maximum at 1 a.m. Friday.
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As for the Falcons, the franchise has yet to recover from that disaster. The biggest name that still remains from that game is QB Matt Ryan.
If nothing else, it’s a remarkable concurrence of exceedingly rare events.
