Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190121:08:54:00
>> thank you. nice to be here. >> so david, tell us more about why the name and what's actually happening to the moon as we watch it? >> well, what we saw tonight was a total eclipse of the moon. the moon moved into the earth's shadow, which blocked the direct sunlight from falling onto it. now, it's known as a blood moon because some of the light from the sun passes through our atmosphere and actually the blue light gets scattered out. same reason our sky is blue. but the red light like all the light from the sunrises and sunsets makes it to the moon gives it a reddish hue, which is why we ca...
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