The residents of the eastern regions of Russia, as well as Asia, USA, Canada and Australia were able to observe a total lunar eclipse. It started at 12:45 Moscow time on 8 October. It is noteworthy that the disc of the moon during an eclipse acquired a reddish tint. Read more about this phenomenon, the TV channel “Russia 24″ said a member of the board of the Astronomical Society of the Novosibirsk Oleg Kashin.
According to him, the weather conditions in Novosibirsk was not allowed locals to watch the eclipse. In the city there was a strong cloudy and it was snowing. But observe this phenomenon, researchers were able through the Internet broadcast, which was organized by NASA.
Cashin said that this is the second such eclipse this year. “Next year, we also expect the two total lunar eclipse” – he said. They will take place in April and September. But this year, amateur astronomers will have one more gift: a partial solar eclipse.
With this kind of phenomena are often related to different kinds of signs and myths. Some particularly impressionable citizens certainly relate bloody color of the moon with some negative events. According to the expert, the eclipse any impact on life on Earth has not. “It is rather a psychological moment. Even that may influence – solar flares and magnetic storms – it depends on the mental attitude. Their influence in one degree or another proven, but it is impossible to exaggerate and overestimate,” – said Cashin.
Red moon disc also has nothing to do with mysticism. “This is an optical effect which occurs in the atmosphere of our planet” – he said. The fact that the Earth is at this point between the Moon and the Sun, and its shadow, it covers the moon. The red color is due to the fact that the earth’s atmosphere are generally only red rays. And the other colors of the spectrum rays are refracted. The moon is not always red during eclipses all depends on the humidity and other atmospheric conditions.
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