During the total lunar eclipse
An "eclipse" begings when the Moon is shaded by the Earth, and ends when
it reappears out
of the earth's shadow. The image shows
the Moon for 50 minutes until just befor the end of
the total
eclipse, which lasted a little less than 2 hours. Immediately
after this,
the moon's surface appeared bright again starting
from the lower left.
Owning to the sunlight which is refracted
by the Earth's atomosphere, we can see the moon
slightly illuminated,
even during the total eclipse. The colour of the moon, during total
eclipse, becomes reddish due to the same mechanism as evening
sunset.$B!!(BFurthermore, the
lunar brightress changes depending
on the positional relationship between the moon,
the earth and the sun.
Photographed by:
Nakakushi, Hayakawa, Asai, Morimoto, Kimata, kozu
Nakakushi, Hayakawa, Asai, Morimoto, Kimata, kozu