During a lunar eclipse, the Moon is not completely dark, but is often deep red. Explain this in terms of the refraction of all the sunsets and sunrises around the world.
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During a lunar eclipse, the Moon is not completely dark, but is often deep red. Explain this in terms of the refraction of all the sunsets and sunrises around the world.
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anonymous · Answer

i don't get the question

abhisar · Answer

The answer to this question is the same as the answer to why is the sky blue? Refraction of the suns rays causes blue light to pass straight down to the earth. Red light does not come straight down. that is why sunset and sunrise is red. 

This red light hits the moon during eclipses that are near blackouts of the moon.

abhisar · Answer

Read this for more detailed explanation with pictures and videos ! http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/02/01/why-the-moon-turns-red-during/

anonymous · Answer

When lunar eclipse occurs, the light from the Sun passes through the Earth's atmosphere and falls on the moon's surface. This passed out light gets scattered in the atmosphere itself in which the blue color gets completely scattered and the red color passes the scattering and reaches the moon's surface. This renders the moon to be red during eclipses...|dw:1403688617021:dw|