It may be wreaking havoc on air travel in Australia, but the ash plume hangs over Australia telescopes can treat a rare appearance in the morning – a blood red moon.
Blood red moonA lunar eclipse, one of two planned for 2011 is likely to occur between 4:23 and experts say it is likely that the volcanic ash floating in the stratosphere, the color spectrum of light strip, only red photons pass.
“There is a good chance that a blood-red morning full moon – more than usual, ” said Perry Vlahos from the Astronomical Society of Victoria.
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The event is expected to last about 100 minutes, one of the longest three lunar eclipses in the last 100 years.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth blocks direct rays of the Sun Mon Normal bend light rays by the atmosphere of the moon around an orange tint.
Technically, the event starts at 3:23, where the moon begins to be absorbed by the weak shadow of the Earth known as the “penumbra.” But the real show to start at 4:23 when the “umbra” – the deepest part of the shadow of the earth – is slowly past the moon and cover Mr Vlahos said.
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