Tony Rice: How to watch Tuesday's total lunar eclipse
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ALL RIGHT. THANKS, RENEE.
WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE SKY
NATIONWIDE ON TOMORROW'S
ELECTION DAY. METEOROLOGIST
AIMEE WILMOTH IS HERE WITH WHY
YOU'D WANT TO GET OUTSIDE
TONIGHT AND LOOK UP. AMY.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY
NEAT. I THINK WHEN MANY
AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE
LOOKING DOWN AT THE ELECTION
BALLOT, EVERYONE IN THE UNITED
STATES, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK UP TO
SEE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO PRETTY
COOL. NASA AMBASSADOR TONY RICE
IS JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THIS RARE SKY SHOW. WELCOME
TO THE SHOW THIS MORNING, TONY,
GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. EXPLAIN TO US WHAT
HAPPENS DURING A TOTAL LUNAR
ECLIPSE.
>> SO TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IS
WHEN SAYS CAN ONLY HAPPEN
DURING A FULL MOON. IT HAPPENS
WHEN THE MOON IS PASSING
THROUGH THE EARTH'S SHADOW.
SO THAT KIND OF REDDISH ORANGES
COLOR THE YOU'RE SEEING IS
ACTUALLY AND THIS IS KIND OF A
NICE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
ALL THE SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
THROUGHOUT THE EARTH
SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING CAST ON
TO THAT, THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON SURFACE OF THE MOON IS
VERY REFLECTIVE. THAT'S WHY
WE GET THAT NICE BRIGHT
SUNLIGHT SPECIALLY REFLECTING
OFF THERE, ESPECIALLY DURING
A FULL MOON. IT'S ABOUT THE
SAME COLOR AND REFLECTIVITY IS
A MOVIE SCREEN. SO IT'S KIND OF
LIKE OUR OWN SUNRISE MOVE MOVIE
BEING PASSED ON TO THE MOON
SURFACE AND THE ONLY HAPPENED A
COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. THIS ONE
IS PRETTY RARE BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT GOING TO SEE NUMBER ONE
OF THESE FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS.
ALL RIGHT. SO PEOPLE SHOULD.
>> TRY TO GET OUT AND SEE IT.
AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE A
CLEAR SKY, TOO. SO THAT'S SOME
GOOD NEWS IT'S SAFE TO VIEW
THIS WITH THE NAKED EYE AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
HAVE A SOLAR ECLIPSE, IT'S VERY
DIFFERENT FROM A LUNAR ECLIPSE
RIGHT?
>> VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
LOOKING AT REFLECTING LIGHT
THERE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIGHT
BEING REFLECTED OFF OF THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON. FROM THE
SUN WITH A SOLAR ECLIPSE, WHICH
WE'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE COMING
UP IN 2023 WILL BE TALKING A
LOT MORE ABOUT THAT. A COUPLE
OF MONTHS. ANOTHER ONE IN 2024,
THEN YOU'RE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT
THE SUN. OF COURSE, DON'T WANT
TO LOOK DIRECTLY THIS, BUT IT'S
PERFECTLY SAFE AND NOT
SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT
TO SET YOUR CLOCKS FOR.
I WANT TO TALK TO GET UP
TOMORROW IT'S GOING TO BEGIN
AROUND PART OF THE ECLIPSE
WHERE THE FIRST START TO SEE
THAT THE SHADOW MOVING OVER
THE FACE OF THE MOON THAT
BEGINS AROUND 409. THE TOTALITY
BEGINS AT 5.16. THAT'S WHAT
IT TURNS THAT DEEP ORANGE COLOR
AND THE MAXIMUM ECLIPSE WHEN
IT'S GOING TO BE ITS DEEPEST
ORANGE WAS DEEP. RED IS GOING
TO BE ABOUT JUST BEFORE
06:00AM.
>> I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SUPER
EARLY. I THINK PEOPLE COULD
PROBABLY SET THEIR ALARMS AND
AND GET OUT TO SEE IT,
ESPECIALLY SINCE IS SUCH A RARE
OCCURRENCE. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED
ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS KIND
OF COOL. REMIND US IF WE MISS
TUESDAY SKIES SHOW HOW LONG WE
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO
3 YEARS. SO WE'LL SEE SOME
OTHER A PARTIAL ECLIPSES IN
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW. BUT A
TOTAL ECLIPSE LIKE THIS WHERE
IT GETS THAT PEOPLE WERE
INJURED COLOR. IT WILL BE
ANOTHER 3 YEARS. OKAY. AND WE
KNOW THE VIEWING IS GOING TO BE
GOOD. SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD
JUST GET OUT TOMORROW MORNING
AND AND TAKE A LOOK. WHERE CAN
PEOPLE GET MORE INFORMATION?
TONY?
WE'VE GOT A POST UP ON WRAL
DOT COM TO SEARCH AN ECLIPSE
AND YOU'LL FIND ALL THE TIMING
IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FIND.
THERE. AND I DID A GOOD AMOUNT
OF MATH TO FIGURE OUT THAT
QUESTION. IS THIS THE ONLY TIME
THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE
CLIPS ON ELECTION DAY? AND THE
ANSWER IS NO. BUT YOU GOT TO
GO BACK TO THE 4TH PRESIDENT
AND BACK BEFORE WE EVEN YOU
KNOW, WENT TO THE POLLS ON THE
SAME DAY WAS BACK WHEN THE
ELECTION DAY SPANNED MORE THAN
A MONTH
>> OH, WOW. OKAY. PLUS, BEFORE
ALL OF US WERE BORN. SO IT'S
BEEN QUITE A LOT. NASA
AMBASSADOR TONY RICE, THANK