Why The Moon Turns Red During A Total Lunar Eclipse

Which side of the earth in this image is the sunset on and why?

• Left - Someone along the left side of the ring would see the sun on the horizon to the West, where the sun sets.

• Right- Someone along the right side of the ring would see the sun on horizon to the East, where the sun sets.

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Why is the sky blue?

• The earth's atmosphere scatters blue light better than it scatters red light.

• the sky reflects the color of water

• The earth's atmosphere scatters red light better than it scatters blue light.

During sunrise and sunset, sunlight

• travels through more of Earth's atmosphere before reaching your eye

• travels through less of Earth's atmosphere before reaching your eye

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Why can you easily gaze upon a sunset when you can't look at the sun when it's at its highest point in the sky?

• because the sunlight is scattered more through Earth's atmosphere when the sun is at its highest point in the sky

• because the sunlight is scattered more through Earth's atmosphere during sunset

• because the sun is further away from your eye at sunset

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Why does the moon look red during a lunar eclipse?

• Earth's atmosphere causes indirect light from the sun to scatter blue wavelengths of light away from the earth leaving behind only red wavelengths of light to reach the moon

• Earth's atmosphere causes indirect light from the sun to scatter blue wavelengths of light away from the earth leaving behind only blue wavelengths of light to reach the moon

• Earth's atmosphere causes direct light from the sun to scatter blue wavelengths of light away from the earth leaving behind only red wavelengths of light to reach the moon

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Blood moons occur because...

• look, don't be silly, no one knows the answer to this.

• during a lunar eclipse Earth's atmosphere scatters the sunlight trying to reach the Moon's surface. This scattering sends blue wavelengths of light away from the Moon, leaving only red wavelengths of light to reach the Moon's surface.

• space vampires exist.

• the Moon gets between the Earth and the sun, causing sunlight to scatter through the Moon's orbit and make it glow like the fire of a burning star.

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