DENVER — A total lunar eclipse will turn this month’s full moon a coppery red that will be visible across the Americas late Thursday into early Friday, but cloud cover from an incoming storm could mean some Coloradans won’t get as good of a show.
A lunar eclipse happens when the earth is aligned pretty much in a straight line between the sun and a full moon. The amount of dust particles hanging around in the atmosphere when this happens will determine how much of a “blood moon” those watching will see, Ron Hranac with the Denver Astronomical Society told Denver7 earlier this week .
“Another fun thing about the lunar eclipse – unlike a solar eclipse – you don’t need any special glasses or filters or anything else to observe it,” Hranac said, adding the unaided eye, binoculars or a telescope are all good viewing tools. “Use all three, if you’d like, but do take advantage of it, because it is kind of cool to watch as the Earth’s shadows takes progressively bigger bites out of the moon.”…