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The Moon in Color

  • February 19, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

During a total lunar eclipse, the moon may look red! When the Earth passes between our moon and sun, at one point its shadow totally covers the moon. Sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere can briefly turn that dark shadow red, brown, orange, or yellow.

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