Sunday, March 22, 2009

Why does a lunar eclipse make the Moon appear red or orange?

The color of the moon is the color of Earth's shadow! Earth's dusty atmosphere causes its shadow to be sunset red.

The next total lunar eclipse will not be visible until Dec. 2010.

Read more at the website below!
Thanks to Ms. Watner for finding this site!

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13feb_lunareclipse.htm

1 comment:

  1. This is the most interesting thing that I have ever known.

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