MANAMA: People in Bahrain witnessed an astronomical spectacle of a “Super Blood Wolf Moon” yesterday morning.
The rare phenomenon, caused in part by a lunar eclipse, makes the surface of the moon appear a reddish hue while seeming brighter and closer to earth than normal.
Astrological researcher Mohammed Redha Al Asfoor said the phenomenon was witnessed in Bahrain for 50 minutes from 5.36am to 6.26am.
“Bahrain didn’t witness a proper eclipse and what we saw was the effect of the eclipse that happened in other countries,” he said.
The reddish colour is due to rays of sunlight passing through Earth’s dusty, polluted atmosphere as the moon falls into our planet’s shadow. The shorter, more pliable blue wavelengths of light are scattered outside the Earth’s shadow and the longer, less bendable red wavelengths are refracted towards the moon.
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