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Christopher Columbus & the Lunar Eclipse
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The recent lunar eclipse has left me wondering just what IS an eclipse. Here are some facts about the celestial event.

Occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow, only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly with the Earth in the middle.

Moon is always full during a lunar eclipse.

The shadow of the Earth is divided into two parts: the umbra and penumbra.
Within the umbra, there is no direct solar radiation.
As a result of the Sun's large angular size, solar illumination is only partially blocked in the outer portion of the Earth's shadow, called penumbra.

A partial lunar eclipse occurs when only a portion of the Moon enters the umbra.

A selenelion or selenehelion is a type of lunar eclipse when, due to the moon's proximity to the ecliptic, both the sun and the eclipsed moon can be observed at the same time, called a horizontal eclipse.

The red colouring arises because sunlight reaching the Moon must pass through a long and dense layer of the Earth's atmosphere.

Christopher Columbus, in an effort to induce the natives to continue provisioning him and his men, successfully intimidated them by correctly predicting a lunar eclipse on February 29, 1504, using the Ephemeris of the German astronomer Regiomontanus.

Every year there are at least two lunar eclipses.

May be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth.

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Oh, Christopher Columbus, there's so much more to you than rape and slavery.
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