What gives the Moon a coppery glow during a total eclipse?
A) Sunlight refracted through Earth's atmosphere
B) Sunlight reflected from Earth's surface
C) Not all of the sunlight is blocked out
D) The artificial light reflected up from Earth's surface
E) The spectral emissions of the gases that make up Earth's atmosphere.

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Sunlight refracted through Earth's atmosphere gives the Moon a coppery glow during a total eclipse. This happens because the Earth's atmosphere bends some sunlight into the Earth's shadow and scatters the shorter blue wavelengths of light, leaving the longer red wavelengths to reach and illuminate the Moon.

What Gives the Moon a Coppery Glow During a Total