i live in Connecticut and the moon is dark red to brown rite now and there was nothing about a lunar eclipse in the news!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
2007-03-03 10:58:06 · 21 answers · asked by ghj g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's a lunar eclipse and people along the east coast will get a good view!
2007-03-03 11:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Trapped in a Box 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The red is a result of sunlight being refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. The red wavelengths are the longest, have the lowest energy and refract the most, so that's what appears in Earth's shadow in the absence of any other light. You could say it's the trailing edge of all the sunrises and sunsets around the Earth at once.
Sorry you didn't hear the news. I'd blame all that mainstream media consolidation. There will be another eclipse in August but it'll be on the opposite side of the world so you'll only be able to see it in the wee hours of the morning.
2007-03-03 19:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lunar eclipse is turning the moon red. You have a great view! The earth is inbetween the sun and the moon so the light has to refract around the earth's atmosphere...hence the red moon.
2007-03-03 19:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by puppyraiser8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASA - Lunar Eclipse
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NASA - Lunar Eclipse Page
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NASA - Eclipses During 2007
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CNN.com - Last chance until 2007: Total lunar eclipse Wednesday - Oct ...
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SPACE.com -- Last Chance Until 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight!
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HRC - Lunar Eclipse 2007
2007-03-03 19:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by Lilly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon turns red in an eclipse? Maybe its a sighn of of the Bible. It says somthing about a red moon in the Book of Revelations.
2007-03-03 19:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by Jenna L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must have a crummy news station. Talk of the eclipse has been all over Yahoo! Answers for a few days now.
2007-03-03 19:09:38 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are witnessing a lunar eclipse.
2007-03-03 19:00:48 · answer #7 · answered by John G 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a lunar eclipse...also called a blood moon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse
2007-03-03 19:05:32 · answer #8 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lunar eclipse
2007-03-03 19:04:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a lunar eclipse...go back outside and take advantage of it (I can't, it's too cloudy here!).
2007-03-03 19:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by lesroys 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋