These rays are filtered through Earth's atmosphere, which, just like at sunrise and sunset, lets the long red wavelengths through to hit the moon. This happens because some of the sun's rays bend around Earth and reach the moon. Finally, the moon will be completely covered by the umbra, at which point it will turn a rusty red color. This phase will be visible to skywatchers along the eclipse's path, and the moon may appear as if it has a giant, circular bite mark on it. Second, Earth's dark shadow, known as the umbra, will begin to fall on the moon. ![]() However, this phase is hard to see with the naked eye, even with a telescope, as the sun's rays will still reach the moon. The stream will be available on Nasas YouTube channel, as well as on the official website. Sadly the livestream is weather dependent, according to Nasa. ![]() Nasa has confirmed that it plans to livestream the spectacle. ![]() First, the moon will enter Earth's light shadow, known as the penumbra. Thankfully, even if you cant make it to Antarctica, you can still watch the solar eclipse online. If you are in the eclipse's path (the best locations to see the entire eclipse, including totality, are Australia, parts of the western United States, western South America and Southeast Asia, according to ), remember there are three main phases during the lunar eclipse.
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