Americas get front-row seat for lunar eclipse

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Americas get front-row seat for lunar eclipse

The Associated Press

On Tuesday morning, April 15, 2014, the moon will be eclipsed by Earth’s shadow and will be visible across the Western Hemisphere. The total phase will last 78 minutes.
The Associated Press

This NASA shows the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) orbiting the moon. Dust scatters light during the lunar sunset. The lunar eclipse predicted for Tuesday, April 15, 2014 may damage the spacecraft that has been circling the moon since fall 2013. But it is near the end of its mission. The robotic orbiter was never designed to endure a lengthy eclipse. Scientists don’t know if it will withstand the prolonged cold of the hours-long eclipse.

Americas get front-row seat for lunar eclipse

The Associated Press

On Tuesday morning, April 15, 2014, the moon will be eclipsed by Earth’s shadow and will be visible across the Western Hemisphere. The total phase will last 78 minutes.
The Associated Press

This NASA shows the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) orbiting the moon. Dust scatters light during the lunar sunset. The lunar eclipse predicted for Tuesday, April 15, 2014 may damage the spacecraft that has been circling the moon since fall 2013. But it is near the end of its mission. The robotic orbiter was never designed to endure a lengthy eclipse. Scientists don’t know if it will withstand the prolonged cold of the hours-long eclipse.