December 10 has passed the Earth between the moon and sun, having pleased us a blood-red moon. If you missed the chance to see the last lunar eclipse of 2011, offering to admire them in the photos. The color of the moon said the health of the atmosphere of this planet. Copper-red means that everything is fine.

Moon over the Buddha statue in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
People take pictures of the moon during an eclipse of the northern tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
In addition, it was the last chance to see the "incredible" lunar eclipse with the moon and the red rising sun in the sky at the same time. Unlike solar, lunar eclipse - a fairly common phenomenon, occurring on average every two years. That's because the moon is one-third smaller than Earth, so fits easily into the shadow of our planet. In the photo: Moon over the Golden Gate Bridge.
The best places to view the lunar eclipse was the inhabitants of the western part of North America, Hawaii, North-West Canada, Australia, New Zealand and central and eastern Asia. In the photo: sunlight still passes through the atmosphere and the earth casts a shadow on the moon.
Eclipse in the natural arch in Arches National Park near Moab from the state of Utah.
A lunar eclipse in the sky over the famous Sufi Darbar temple date in Lahore, Pakistan.
Health of Earth's atmosphere can affect the color of the moon.
An unusual phenomenon can be observed in the western U.S. and Canada.
This was the second total lunar eclipse this year, the first was in June.
The atmosphere filters out blue light, leaving the red and orange hues that we see. The color of the lunar eclipse says about the health of Earth's atmosphere. When he was a copper-red, it means that everything is fine. The black color indicates that the atmosphere of a lot of volcanic dust.
Due date - next week will be the winter solstice - the moon was unusually high in the sky. The next total lunar eclipse will be only in 2014.
The moon passes through the shadow cast by the Earth, which is why its color is changed for some time.
Sunlight could still pass through the earth's atmosphere and cast flickering on the moon. The atmosphere filters out most of the blue light, leaving a bright red and orange.