People across Abu Dhabi and all throughout the world
witnessed the second total lunar eclipse of the year. Astronomers predicted
that the moon would become red at the time of total eclipse. Across UAE the
eclipse begins at 3.33pm (UAE time) but the moon started to appear at estimated
6pm and the entire eclipse ended at 9.30pm. The eclipse was seen all over Asia
and Australia Eastern Europe, and North America. This was the second total
eclipse of the year to be clearly visible in the UAE.
This second total eclipse was phenomenal because of this
time was the start of meteor shower at Gemonids, the maximum number of showers
will be seen on December 13 of this year.
Back to eclipse, since earlier times people saw moon turned
into a red ball, this happened when the Earth's atmosphere filters out most of
the blue colored light during the eclipse and leaving only orange and red colors to
reach the human eyes.
Lunar eclipse occurs when Earth lines up directly between
the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's rays and throwing a shadow on the
moon.
Pictures of some part of the eclipse:
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