The Lunar Eclipse by Joseph Cullen

Did you happen to see it? Saturday March 3rd will certainly be a day to remember for quite some time because that was the night there was an almost perfect Lunar Eclipse for people all around the country to see. Luckily we had a beautiful night with hardly a cloud in the sky as the face of the moon became
covered in a black shadow.
Just in case you’re not sure of what exactly happened, this shadow that covered the face of the moon was caused by the Earth passing between the Sun and the moon and although this happens fairly regularly it’s not everyday that everyone gets such a great view of the event. For those of you who saw it you may have noticed the moon turning a deep red. This was my first time to witness this and it was very strange indeed, to see the familiar moon turning red right in front of me!
The reason this happens is because the sun is hidden behind the earth and although the moon should look black it turns red because light from the Sun actually hit’s the Earth’s atmosphere. Our atmosphere then reflects away the blue part of light and only the red light reaches the face of the moon!
Blue light is reflected away by our atmosphere because of the atmosphere’s composition, this is also why the sky is blue, because the atoms and molecules in the sky reflect he blue light towards the Earth’s surface and the red light away.