Best Flashlights for Tonight’s Lunar Eclipse
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Tonight, a celestial treat awaits neck-craners across America and Jamaica. A total lunar eclipse will begin at 7:01 Pacific Standard Time. (Click here for eclipse information for your time zone.) NASA reports that the next total eclipse of the moon will occur in 2010. During a lunar eclipse, the moon passes through several layers of shadow, appearing to go through the phases of the month. During the peak of the eclipse, the moon appears red or brown. This is due to the fact that the only light reaching the moon is from Earth’s atmosphere. If the earth had no atmosphere, the moon would be entirely black during an eclipse. The sun’s light scatters at it travels through earth’s atmosphere. The blues and green sections of the light spectrum are usually lost, leaving reddish light to hit the moon. The exact color of the moon depends on the amount of dust and other particles in the air at the time of the eclipse.
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