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Red moon rising

Published 12:34 pm Thursday, October 1, 2015

By Chris Tucker

The moon rises over the USS Independence (CVA-62) in Bremerton during a lunar eclipse Sept. 27. The moon took on a red-orange hue during the eclipse. The reddish hue is due to the way that sunlight is refracted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere while the moon is in Earth’s shadow.
The moon rises over the USS Independence (CVA-62) in Bremerton during a lunar eclipse Sept. 27. The moon took on a red-orange hue during the eclipse. The reddish hue is due to the way that sunlight is refracted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere while the moon is in Earth’s shadow.

The moon took on a red-orange hue during the eclipse. The reddish hue is due to the way that sunlight is refracted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere while the moon is in Earth’s shadow.

[Larger version on Flickr.]

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