00:02We're just getting very lucky that we're getting a total lunar eclipse and the totality begins
00:06at around 10pm, an extremely reasonable time. For many of us who remember the past lunar
00:11eclipses over the last few years, they've been pretty unreasonable. So this is the perfect
00:15one for you to get outside with your friends, with your family and look up and look at that
00:20spectacular blood moon. So what is happening is that the earth is essentially blocking
00:25all of the sunlight from hitting the moon. So as the sun shines, it obviously shines a lot of light
00:32out into space and our moon often reflects that, especially when it's in its full moon phase.
00:37However, every now and again, the moon dips into the earth's shadow. It's just a cosmic coincidence
00:43of orbits. And when that happens, we get the moon turning a spectacular blood red. And that's because
00:48the only light that is hitting it has traveled through the skirts of our atmosphere and is
00:52essentially every sunset and sunrise on the earth being reflected onto the moon. The moon is still
00:58able to reflect just a little bit of light. It's part of our earth shine. So our earth has a
01:03big,
01:03healthy, beautiful atmosphere around it. And with it, light is able to pass through that and reflect
01:09back onto the moon itself, which is very helpful for us. But if you were on the surface of the
01:14moon,
01:15you'd be experiencing a total solar eclipse. You'd see nothing but the backside of the earth in complete
01:21darkness and the sun would disappear for about an hour.
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