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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, off white trousers, and a blue striped TVO Kids T-shirt.

He says HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO
TVOK NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

On a screen behind them appears a picture of a lunar eclipse with the caption "Longest lunar eclipse of the century."

Daniel says DID YOU SEE THE LONGEST
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
OF THE CENTURY,
LAST FRIDAY?
THE BLOOD MOON?!
NO?!
WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY OKAY
SINCE IT WAS DAYLIGHT HERE,
AND THE ECLIPSE COULD ONLY
BE SEEN AT NIGHT.
SO, THE ONLY FOLKS THAT COULD
SEE IT WERE IN PLACES LIKE,
THE QOLSARIF MOSQUE, PICTURED
HERE IN KAZAN, RUSSIA.

Another picture shows 3 people's silhouettes against a big moon.

Daniel says NOW, THIS PICTURE
IS IN VAN, TURKEY,
AND WAS TAKEN DURING A PARTIAL
PHASE OF THE ECLIPSE.
SO, BASICALLY THE LUNAR
ECLIPSE WAS ONLY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
HOLD UP!
WAIT.

Now a graph showing how the eclipse occurs appears on the screen.

Daniel says THIS WAS A LUNAR ECLIPSE,
NOT A SOLAR ECLIPSE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
WELL, LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.
NOW, A SOLAR ECLIPSE HAPPENS
WHEN THE MOON PASSES
BETWEEN THE EARTH
AND THE SUN,
HIDING THE SUN
OR A PART OF IT,
MAKING IT DARK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
HOW COOL!
BUT, IT'S NOT SAFE TO LOOK
AT WITH THE NAKED EYE.
NOW, A LUNAR ECLIPSE HAPPENS
WHEN THE EARTH PASSES
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
AND THE EARTH'S SHADOW
HIDES THE MOON,
OR A LEAST PART OF IT.
LUNAR ECLIPSES ONLY HAPPEN
DURING A FULL MOON,
AND THIS ONE WAS EXTRA SPECIAL,
WITH IT LASTING NEARLY
FOUR HOURS.
AS THE MOON MOVED INTO
EARTH'S SHADOW,
IT DARKENED,
BUT IT DIDN'T DISAPPEAR.
ANY SUNLIGHT PASSING THROUGH
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
LIT THE MOON AND ADDED THE
DRAMA OF THE RED COLOUR.
A BLOOD MOON.
IT IS TOTALLY SAFE TO LOOK
AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE
WITH THE NAKED EYE.
SO, WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT,
BUT SOME PEOPLE HERE SAID
THEY ACTUALLY SAW A
RED MOON THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WELL, WHAT THEY PROBABLY
SAW WAS MARS.
YES, MARS!
AND IT WAS VISIBLE AT ITS
BRIGHTEST AND CLEAREST,
YESTERDAY MORNING.
THIS IS THE CLOSEST MARS
HAS EVER BEEN TO US
IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
AND IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THIS
CLOSE AGAIN UNTIL 2035.
SO, I WILL BE...

He counts with his fingers and says YOU KNOW WHAT, NEVER YOU MIND
HOW OLD I WILL BE.
MORE
TVOK NEWS
COMING UP NEXT.

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