A rare celestial treat occurred over the DMV when the full moon appeared to turn red during a total lunar eclipse Thursday night into early Friday morning. The maximum eclipse occurred at 2:58 a.m., ...

The coloration occurs due to sunlight scattering through the Earth's atmosphere before reaching the Moon's surface -- shorter wavelengths like blue and violet fail to reach the Moon, leaving only ...

What is fascinating about this event, is that the moon will appear red! Earth can only block off so much sunlight in this case, so the light that the Earth misses will filter out. This means that the ...

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