• Feb. 21, 2008
Lunar Eclipse
Last night I saw the lunar eclipse. Our moon is called "Luna". The earth moves between the sun and the moon, so that the moon does not really shine. The earth's shadow passes across the moon, blocking the light that the sun usually shines on the moon. So the moon ends up being a golden color because the sun's light has to pass through the earth's atmosphere and the blue light does not go through. So you are left with a goldish color. The moon was really bright and full and we could see the craters very clearly with just our eyes, but we used binoculars too. It had snowed so it was really, really cold.
