Europe Gets Clear View Of Eclipse
March 4th, 2007
People around the world Sunday described seeing the first total lunar eclipse in more than three years.
The eclipse was visible Saturday evening from Europe, Africa, South America and the Eastern United States and Canada, the BBC reported.
At its height, the eclipsed moon looked coppery-red.
Robin Scagell of the Society for Popular Astronomy said the lunar show was “one of the best lunar eclipses from Britain for years.”
“It was fascinating to watch the moon’s graceful movement through the shadow of the Earth and check its coppery glow,” told the BBC.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon are lined up in space and the Earth blocks the sun’s light from hitting the moon.
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