Total lunar eclipse 2022 Dazzling 'blood moon

Total lunar eclipse creates dazzling 'blood moon'
By Katie Hunt, Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN
Updated 1002 GMT (1802 HKT) May 16, 2022
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 26: A super blood moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. It is the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, which coincides with a supermoon. A super moon is a name given to a full (or new) moon that occurs when the moon is in perigee - or closest to the earth - and it is the moon's proximity to earth that results in its brighter and bigger appearance. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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(CNN)The moon glowed red on Sunday night and the early hours of Monday, after a total lunar eclipse that saw the sun, Earth and moon form a straight line in the night sky.
During a full lunar eclipse, the moon passes through the darkest part of the Earth's shadow -- the umbra. When the moon is within the umbra it gets a reddish hue because blue and green light get more easily scattered by dust particles in the atmosphere and orange and red colors remain more visible, according to NASA. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called blood moons because of this phenomenon.
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