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5：月全食

　　月全食并不罕见，今年就出现了两次。但拍到这种红色的月球却有些少见。阳光通过地球大气发生折射，再照射到月球上，尽管地球挡住了阳光的直射，月球变暗，但月球还是出现了这种黄铜的颜色。

　　这次月全食发生在11月8日到9日，这也变成了一次数码事件，因为整个过程被无数的业余爱好者用数码相机拍了下来。他们中的许多人是第一次拍摄夜空，但结果令人惊喜。这张照片是比尔.洛里尔在纽约长岛拍摄的，当时月全食刚刚开始。

5. Lunar Eclipse.

Total lunar eclipses are not uncommon. There were two this year. But it is somewhat rare for one to make the Moon this red.

The coppery color is created when sunlight is refracted through Earth's atmosphere, falling on the Moon even though it is entirely shadowed, by Earth, from direct sunlight.

The eclipse of Nov. 8-9, more than any before it, was also a digital event, recorded by countless amateur astrophotographers with digital cameras. Many of them were taking their first picture of the night sky, and the results were delightful. Bill Lohrer made this image of the Moon just before it entered total eclipse, from Long Island, NY.