December 2011 Lunar Eclipse

Saturday, December 10, 2011

The world is now watching the Earth's sole satellite - the moon.
The lunar eclipse on December of 2011.
Image courtesy to @haselemon
These are the only nice shots I have found as of this moment. ;)
Image courtesy to @haselemon
Source: @haselemon
Special thanks to: @AtoZyoU for retweeting
Links: first photo     second photo

Image courtesy to Ilovejks
Notice, the moon turned red. Why is this so?
When light from the Sun goes by the side of the Earth, it passes through a long and thick layer of Earth's atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths of sunlight, like blue, are scattered by the atmosphere. So by the time the light has finished its trip to the moon, more of the longer wavelengths, like red, are left over.
Source: NASA

read more about this at NASA's website

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