From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <20031109002018.14963.00000626@mb-m14.aol.com>,   
   Velovich03  wrote:   
   >     I was fortunate to see this evening's lunar eclipse.  I noticed, when it   
   >was 3/4 dark that I could see a dim orange glow that was in the shadow region.   
   >I could make out the rim of the darkened disk.  What is this?  Where did that   
   >glow come from?   
      
   If you were on the Moon during totality, you'd see Earth not as a black   
   disk, but as a black disk with a red ring around it.  Some sunlight,   
   mostly the longer (redder) wavelengths, reaches the Moon by scattering in   
   the atmosphere around the rim of Earth.  So the Moon is still faintly   
   illuminated with reddish light even during total eclipse.   
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   MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec    | Henry Spencer   
   pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well.  | henry@spsystems.net   
      
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