@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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@neiltyson You do too sometimes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson So it's NOT turning into blood? Tell that to@PastorJohnHagee. http://bit.ly/1hxBU9H#NotTheEndOfTheWorld#SciencePrevailsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson This effect is common at my place, at every phase of the moon :PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson blood moon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson The eruptions of volcanos in Peru, Ecuador, & The Democratic Republic of Congo contributed to that tainting of the atmosphere.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@karentozzi too thinky this early on a SundayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Neil will Britain see the Blood Moon or will it be partially red.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson tell that to@PastorJohnHagee and the flock he's extorting with e-skatological bull.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Can the shade of red be used to determine the amount of dust in the atmosphere?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JesiMaguire@neiltyson how'd this even happen -
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@JesiMaguire@neiltyson I do apologise
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