Red Moon...Last Lunar Eclipse of 2011 (11 December 2011)

The total lunar eclipse this Saturday will see the moon appear fully read at 10.32 pm, a sight expected to last for 51 minutes (The Sun, Dec 7,Wed)


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今晚的月全食照出炉了！！！
酷耶！我刚看到的也是这样！●▂●

By: 最给力

This is the picture I posted on FB, actually taken by hubby who had steadier hands

 by 11.45 the moon was back to normal, redness gone!!!

This picture of a red moon is by Justin Kong

The following pictures are from the web:

 by my students

Telescopes will be trained at the sky on Saturday as the second and last total eclipse of the year is slated to occur from 7.34 to 1.30 the next day.

Earth blocks sunlight that usually reaches moon, causing it fall into shadow - partial (penumbra) and/or total (umbra)

Why the moon turns red?:-----

Delicate layer of dusty air surrounding Earth refracts sunlight, giving moon sunset-red glow.

The redness on the moon started at 10.32 and lasted about an hour

what the moon looked like at the height of its "redness"

I saw an Eclipse today!!!