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NASA to Provide Live Coverage and Commentary of April 15 Lunar Eclipse
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The public will
have the opportunity to view and learn more about the Tuesday, April
15 total lunar eclipse on NASA television, the agency's website, and
social media. Coverage begins at 2 a.m. EDT and will last about three
hours. The eclipse's peak, when the moon will enter the Earth's full
shadow or umbra, will occur at 3:45 a.m.
The United States will be in a prime orbital position and time of day
to view the eclipse. Depending on local weather conditions, the public
will get a spectacular view looking into the sky as the moon's
appearance will change from bright orange to blood red to dark brown
and perhaps gray. The eclipse is a phenomenon that occurs when the
Earth, moon and sun are in perfect alignment, blanketing the moon in
the Earth's shadow. The United States will not be able to witness a
full lunar eclipse in its entirety again until 2019.
Leading up to the eclipse, NASA will host a Reddit Ask Me Anything
(AMA) on Monday, April 14 at 2 p.m. with astronomers from the agency's
Marshall Space Flight Center. Various NASA researchers also will be
available for media interviews. NASA Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and
Instagram followers will be able to join the conversation and ask
questions using the hashtag #eclipse.
The public will be able to tag and share their images of the eclipsed
moon on Instagram and on the agency's Flickr group at:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/nasalunareclipse
Lunar eclipse video resources are available at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/2014TotalLunarEclipse.html
Live NASA TV coverage and commentary will begin at 1 a.m. To view the
coverage and access eclipse streaming video, visit:
For more information on NASA's eclipse activities, visit:
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SOURCE NASA
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/CONTACT: Dwayne Brown, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1726, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov; Janet Anderson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., 256-544-0034, janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov; Nancy Neal Jones, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., 301-286-0039, nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov
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