LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — If you looked up at the sky early this morning, you may have noticed something a little different about our celestial neighbor.
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3, people across the planet, including right here in Las Vegas, looked up at the sky and were able to see the total lunar eclipse.
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A lunar eclipse happens when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, which casts a giant shadow across the moon’s surface, according to NASA. It can only happen during a full moon phase.
During a total lunar eclipse, the planet blocks most of the sun’s light from hitting the moon. The light that does hit the lunar surface gets filtered through a slice of Earth’s atmosphere, causing the moon to turn a deep reddish-orange, which is how it earns the nickname “blood moon.”…