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Topic: Explained: why the ‘Blood Moon’ will turn red

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Explained: why the ‘Blood Moon’ will turn red
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Explained: why the ‘Blood Moon’ will turn red

 

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The Moon’s journey through Earth’s mighty shadow can take a few hours, though on May 26, 2021 it will only brush the inside of the shadow, taking just 14 minutes and 30 seconds to move right through it. สล็อตวอเลท

 

During that time the only light that will reach the lunar surface will first have been filtered through Earth’s atmosphere. Short-wavelength blue light from the Sun hits molecules in Earth’s atmosphere and scatters, but longer-wavelength red and orange light mostly travels right through, striking fewer molecules. So the dominant color of light we’ll see on the Moon for that short time will be red.

 

The physics is the same as for a sunset or sunrise. 



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