Supersized lunar eclipse on December 2011

Supersized lunar eclipse on December 10
December 10, 2011 to 04:45 hours Pacific Time (00:45 GMT) The total lunar eclipse visible in the sky in the early hours of the morning side of the Pacific North America, Pacific Ocean in Asia and Eastern Europe. At 6:05 Pacific time (14:00 GMT) the Moon will be completely covered with a red light.

Eclipse before dawn to see at the bottom of the western United States to face in the West, a big red moon on the horizon you see a swim at sunrise from the east.

Like the full moon, "low-hanging moon," Moon appears to be very large because of the illusion. He could not explain why the moon seems to be too high for human eyes in this position because it shows more than one camera at a high month.

The moon was red because red is a layer of dust from the air around the Earth and direct sunlight. It fills the dark behind Earth with a sunset svechenie.Tochny red hue (bright orange to red blood it may be) subject to unforeseen circumstances the atmosphere during the eclipse.

Visibility of the eclipse maps:

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