On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Bryan Murdock wrote: > I went outside with my 3 year old at about 6pm Pacific and there were > some patchy clouds and no sign of the moon at all. I don't know if that > was because it was the height of the eclipse, or if it was behind one of > the clouds or not above the houses yet, but I went out again at about > 8pm and there was a big bright full moon. So did I see the eclipse or > what?
You might have. The moon passes through the earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse. I don't know if this means the umbra or not, however I do know that since red light is bent most and violet light is bent least about the earth, the red light (and lesser EM radiation) is able still to touch the moon and reflect back to us. So you can know for certain it is a lunar eclipse when you see that the moon is a very dim red. Justin ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
