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Tonight's Lunar Eclipse: Last for 7 More Years
Tim King Salem-News.comThe next eclipse is expected on September 28th 2015.
 Photo by: Kevin Montgomery Salem-News.com |
(SALEM, Ore.) - A special visual display for people in the Northwest tonight; a total lunar eclipse was visible around 7:00 PM. Salem-News.com Photojournalist Kevin Montgomery snapped this shot from the McMinnville area, far from the city lights which obstruct visibility in the sky at night.
The next eclipse is expected on September 28th 2015.
An eclipse of the moon takes place when the sun, earth and moon line up exactly in a straight line. The result is that the full moon slowly disappears, as the earth’s shadow, or umbra, apparently moves slowly across the moon from left to right.
When it is totally immersed into the umbra, the moon will often glow with a dim, eerie reddish-brown light. This was visible tonight though the photo shows less of the reddish color.
That coloring is brought about by sunlight being bending or refracting through earth’s atmosphere.
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Anne February 21, 2008 2:17 pm (Pacific time)
I caught a great view of this while heading up I-5 Salem to Portland last night, gorgeous!
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