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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Apr 2014

    Dust in Earth's atmosphere can tint sunlight, casting eclipsed Moons in a deep red light. But often the Moon just gets dark.

    8:25 AM - 13 Apr 2014
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      1. scribbled rhymes‏ @Puz_zled 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Is it not refraction by atmosphere as light passes through and red wvlngth is bent at correct angle to hit moon?

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      1. Dẫяҡ  🎃' Høğġặñ ™ ® ©‏ @Markho23 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson You do too sometimes.

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      1. crys‏ @impulsivesquid 14 Apr 2014
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        “@neiltyson: Dust in Earth's atmosphere can tint sunlight, casting eclipsed Moons in a deep red light. But often the Moon just gets dark.”

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      1. gCATTAATATgTATAgCA‏ @IDoAScience 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson So it's NOT turning into blood? Tell that to @PastorJohnHagee. http://bit.ly/1hxBU9H  #NotTheEndOfTheWorld #SciencePrevails

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      1. Stephen J Schilling‏ @SonOfTheDude 13 Apr 2014
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        #ThanksObama MT @neiltyson Dust in Earth's atmos can tint sunlight, casting Moon in a deep red light. But often the Moon just gets dark.

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      1. Rainne‏ @DreamingRainne 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Another way to put it: the Moon is in the glow of every sunrise and sunset on Earth all at once.

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      1. runny guillotine  🎃 🦉‏ @noirista 13 Apr 2014
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        About that eclipse... @neiltyson: Dust in Earth's atmosphere can tint sunlight, casting Moon in deep red. Often the Moon just gets dark.

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      1. M.Shaheer Niazi‏ @M_shaheer_Niazi 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson This effect is common at my place, at every phase of the moon :P

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      1. Tiago‏ @tavoliar 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson blood moon.

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      1. Charles Peter Watson‏ @CharlzPetrWatsn 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson The eruptions of volcanos in Peru, Ecuador, & The Democratic Republic of Congo contributed to that tainting of the atmosphere.

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      1. Jerry Swider‏ @bassetcats1 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Maybe a dumb question, but from a true layman...can staring at a lunar eclipse damage eyes like a solar eclipse would?

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      1. Wendy‏ @snug4bear 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @karentozzi too thinky this early on a Sunday

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      1. Mark Scotcher‏ @MarkScotcher 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Neil will Britain see the Blood Moon or will it be partially red.

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      1. Donkey Otay‏ @CervantesMount 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson tell that to @PastorJohnHagee and the flock he's extorting with e-skatological bull.

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      1. Harlan Quinn‏ @HarlanQ 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Can the shade of red be used to determine the amount of dust in the atmosphere?

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      1. R. S. S.‏ @_R_S_S_ 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson Why is it that science, which explains how Earth is just a cosmic accident, can't explain why we should care enough to save it?

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      2. Ryan‏ @crozier2014 13 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @JesiMaguire

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      4. Ryan‏ @crozier2014 13 Apr 2014
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        @JesiMaguire @neiltyson how'd this even happen

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      6. Ryan‏ @crozier2014 13 Apr 2014
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        @JesiMaguire @neiltyson I do apologise

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