Lunar Eclipse In Two Weeks

image credit: Randy Brewer

On 3 March, two weekends from now, the earth will eclipse the sun from the perspective of the moon, blocking its light save what filters through our atmosphere, painting the otherwise full moon in sunrise shades of orange and red. If you were on the moon looking back at Earth, the planet would appear surrounded in a ring of fire as light diffuses around the surface.

Ancient lunar eclipses helped early astronomers theorize that Earth was spherical by the curved shadow cast on the moon.

ARTICLE/IMAGES [more info on the upcoming eclipse] (NASA) ARTICLE/IMAGES [lunar eclipse] (Wikipedia)