Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Lunar Eclipse
Last night we watched the most amazing lunar eclipse in the skies above Nelson. This was the first total lunar eclipse or "blood moon" since July 2000. A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, the Moon is always full during a lunar eclipse.
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