Lunar Eclipse

This short video clip is of the lunar eclipse that occurred Monday night over the Hawaiian Islands. Beginning at 10:52 pm, the moon faded out of view as it passed into the Earth's shadow, only to emerge over an hour and a half later. Lunar eclipses can occur 2 or more times a year. Depending on the position of the moon in realtion to the Earth, different forms of the lunar eclipse can be seen, from a tinting of the moon to a full eclipse as seen above. This "total eclipse" is seen when the moon falls directly behind the Earth and within it's shadow. The moon can take up to 6 hours to enter and exit the Earth's shadow. At certain times during the eclipse, the top of the moon seemed to have taken on a slight reddish color. This color comes from the refracted sunlight that makes its way through the Earth's atmosphere, and so most eclipses are not totally black.