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A total lunar eclipse can turn the Moon copper-red

A total lunar eclipse can turn the Moon copper-red

During a total lunar eclipse, Earth blocks direct sunlight and the Moon slips into our planet’s shadow — yet it often glows copper or blood-red.

Sunlight bent through Earth’s dusty atmosphere paints the shadowed Moon. How deep the color runs depends on volcanic ash and haze that year.

Night’s familiar face can blush without leaving orbit. Lunar eclipses turn our air into a planet-sized filter.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

A total lunar eclipse can turn the Moon copper-red