The highly anticipated lunar eclipse is going to happen very soon...only not in North America.
The best places to view it live and in person are in Europe, Asia and Africa.
However, because its 2011, we get to watch it live on the Internet!
Google.com is going to stream it live over their famous "doodle" which all day has already been a lunar eclipse.
Youtube.com is also going to have it along with a dozen or so other sites.
The entire process will last five hours, 36 minutes, ending at 7 p.m. ET, making it the longest one of the 21st century.
Not only that but it will turn the moon a red color.
"All lunar eclipses are cool, but in a total lunar eclipse, the moon turns a kind of a red color. The middle of Earth's shadow isn't black, it's red, Dundee explained, because the light waves from the sun that are on the red end of the spectrum bend around the planet at just the right angle to bathe the moon in red light."
Amazing!
The best places to view it live and in person are in Europe, Asia and Africa.
However, because its 2011, we get to watch it live on the Internet!
Google.com is going to stream it live over their famous "doodle" which all day has already been a lunar eclipse.
Youtube.com is also going to have it along with a dozen or so other sites.
The entire process will last five hours, 36 minutes, ending at 7 p.m. ET, making it the longest one of the 21st century.
Not only that but it will turn the moon a red color.
"All lunar eclipses are cool, but in a total lunar eclipse, the moon turns a kind of a red color. The middle of Earth's shadow isn't black, it's red, Dundee explained, because the light waves from the sun that are on the red end of the spectrum bend around the planet at just the right angle to bathe the moon in red light."
Amazing!
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