When in Total Lunar Eclipse,the Moon Shows a Reddish Color

question 74

Multiple Choice

When in total lunar eclipse,the Moon shows a reddish color because

• A) light from the northern and southern lights,the aurora,on Earth,which is predominantly red,illuminates the Moon.
• B) most of the sunlight that passes through the atmosphere is scattered,especially the blue wavelengths,and what passes through is mainly red in color and falls onto the Moon.
• C) the Moon is illuminated only by the residual glow from the dark side of Earth,which is predominantly red.
• D) this is the color of the residual thermal glow from a still-warm Moon after the abrupt removal of the heat of the Sun.

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