On 27 July 2018, there will be a longest total lunar eclipse , during which the moon appear a lot bigger and also red.And the eclipse can be seen for the whole one hour.
So ,what causes the moon to turn red?.This question baffled scientists for many years , but with new technology, it has been discovered that the moon turns red , when the earth blocks the light coming from the sun to the moon , it casts two shadows called the penumbra and umbra shadow .
The penumbra gives of a blue light that deflects the red colour to the umbra which is the darkest shadow , since no light gets to moon , the deflected red colour cast a red colour on the moon.
If the moon keeps on going round and round the earth then we should get a lunar eclipse every month.Instead , we get a lunar eclipse once every year.Why is this?.It is because the moon axis around the earth keeps on tilting from side to side .
But , when earth comes directly between sun and the moon, you get a lunar eclipse. It also casts a shadow that is a little circle which moves around Earth.Although the moon isn’t completley round so the shadow is also not completely circular as well.
Is there any effects of lunar eclipse?.Yes, increase in the pulse rate and blood pressure is observed.It can also have an effect on expecting woman.The effect is that it can cause hormonal changes.This change will make them weak ,emotional and stressed.Effect on eyes,you can’t look at the moon directly while this is going on, as they can be damage.Any rays from the sun could damage you eyes beyond repair.You can only look at it if you get solar eclipse glasses.These glasses are thousands of times darker than normal..
Effects on other living things include increase microorganisms reproduction, faster than normal, can spoil food. Animals and plants also gets effected for example song bird stops singing and crickets starts chirping more.Increase in the Tidal waves are observe during eclipse.Increase in the temperatures and volcanic activity is also obseved during eclipse.
So ,what causes the moon to turn red?.This question baffled scientists for many years , but with new technology, it has been discovered that the moon turns red , when the earth blocks the light coming from the sun to the moon , it casts two shadows called the penumbra and umbra shadow .
The penumbra gives of a blue light that deflects the red colour to the umbra which is the darkest shadow , since no light gets to moon , the deflected red colour cast a red colour on the moon.
If the moon keeps on going round and round the earth then we should get a lunar eclipse every month.Instead , we get a lunar eclipse once every year.Why is this?.It is because the moon axis around the earth keeps on tilting from side to side .
But , when earth comes directly between sun and the moon, you get a lunar eclipse. It also casts a shadow that is a little circle which moves around Earth.Although the moon isn’t completley round so the shadow is also not completely circular as well.
Is there any effects of lunar eclipse?.Yes, increase in the pulse rate and blood pressure is observed.It can also have an effect on expecting woman.The effect is that it can cause hormonal changes.This change will make them weak ,emotional and stressed.Effect on eyes,you can’t look at the moon directly while this is going on, as they can be damage.Any rays from the sun could damage you eyes beyond repair.You can only look at it if you get solar eclipse glasses.These glasses are thousands of times darker than normal..
Effects on other living things include increase microorganisms reproduction, faster than normal, can spoil food. Animals and plants also gets effected for example song bird stops singing and crickets starts chirping more.Increase in the Tidal waves are observe during eclipse.Increase in the temperatures and volcanic activity is also obseved during eclipse.
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