{"id":26211,"date":"2025-03-20T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielpaladino.com\/?p=26211"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:08:51","slug":"rayleigh-scattering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2025\/03\/20\/rayleigh-scattering\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayleigh scattering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54399132029_3211df6259_k.jpg\" \/>\n<p>On March 14, 2025, the Moon plunged completely into Earth\u2019s <b>umbra<\/b>, creating a <b>total lunar eclipse<\/b>. This phenomenon, known as a &#8220;Blood Moon,&#8221; occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align perfectly, casting our planet\u2019s shadow onto the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The reddish hue arises from <b>Rayleigh scattering<\/b>: Earth\u2019s atmosphere filters sunlight, absorbing blue wavelengths and bending red ones toward the Moon. The effect mirrors the colors of a sunset but magnified on a planetary scale.<\/p>\n<p>Taken from Montevideo, Uruguay<br \/><b>Southern Hemisphere<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Photo Taken: March 14, 2025<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2qT4LHt\">High resolution<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gabouruguay-collection\/\">Flickr Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Did you like this post?<\/b><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 14, 2025, the Moon plunged completely into Earth\u2019s umbra, creating a total lunar eclipse. This phenomenon, known as a &#8220;Blood Moon,&#8221; occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align perfectly, casting our planet\u2019s shadow onto the lunar surface. The reddish hue arises from Rayleigh scattering: Earth\u2019s atmosphere filters sunlight, absorbing blue wavelengths and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,37,73,1056,1057,1059,1664,2380,2722,3076,3430,4384,4385,4386,4388,4801,5092,5355,5356,6152,6363,6529,6565,7149,7175,7639,7641,7391,7747,7750,7752,7754,7755,7780,8161,8796,8797,8272,8798,8410,8480,8558,8863,8986,9034,9038,9551,10333,10890,11677,11678,11908,12009,12078,13442,13551,14768,13644],"class_list":["post-26211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-posts","tag-animals","tag-37","tag-73","tag-astronomia","tag-astronomical","tag-astronomy","tag-bloodmoon","tag-canon","tag-celestial","tag-cielo","tag-contemporary","tag-eclipse","tag-eclipse2025","tag-eclipselunar","tag-eclipseuruguay","tag-event","tag-flickr","tag-gabrielpaladinocom","tag-gabrielpaladinoibanez","tag-hene","tag-hold","tag-ibanez","tag-ilargia","tag-ksiezyc","tag-kuu","tag-lleuad","tag-lluna","tag-lua","tag-luna","tag-lunadesangre","tag-lunar","tag-lunasangrienta","tag-lune","tag-maan","tag-manen","tag-meness","tag-menulis","tag-mesiac","tag-mesic","tag-mjesec","tag-mond","tag-moon","tag-natural","tag-night","tag-noche","tag-nocturno","tag-paladino","tag-planet","tag-qamar","tag-satelite","tag-satellite","tag-shadow","tag-sigma","tag-sky","tag-tungl","tag-umbra","tag-updated","tag-uruguay","has-post-thumbnail"],"tags_input":"#animals,150600,2025,astronomia,astronomical,astronomy,bloodmoon,canon,celestial,cielo,contemporary,eclipse,eclipse2025,eclipselunar,eclipseuruguay,event,Flickr,gabrielpaladinocom,gabrielpaladinoiba\u00f1ez,h\u00ebn\u00eb,hold,iba\u00f1ez,ilargia,ksi\u0119\u017cyc,kuu,lleuad,lluna,l\u00faa,luna,lunadesangre,lunar,lunasangrienta,lune,maan,m\u00e5nen,m\u0113ness,m\u0117nulis,mesiac,m\u011bs\u00edc,mjesec,mond,moon,natural,night,noche,nocturno,paladino,planet,qamar,satelite,satellite,shadow,sigma,sky,tungl,umbra,Updated,uruguay","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phjlBv-6OL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5314,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2020\/01\/06\/january-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":26211,"position":0},"title":"January Moon","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"January 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"January 4, 2020, a beautiful summer night to capture the Moon. 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