Recently, the Media, Always Trying to Make Things Sound Sensational

Multiple Choice

Recently, the media, always trying to make things sound sensational, have started to call totally eclipsed moon "the blood moon." Why does the Moon look reddish to us when there is a total lunar eclipse?

A) The media have it right. During a total eclipse, it gets so cold on the Moon all the animals that live on the Moon start bleeding
B) During a total eclipse of the Moon, we see the Sun's faint corona, and because it is red, the Moon looks red too
C) The red color is an optical illusion. Our eyes, used to seeing the full moon, have a "memory" of all the light, and the red color is the one the lasts the longest
D) All the total eclipses of the Moon are annular eclipses, where a ring of moonlight still remains around the Moon during the eclipse. This ring is red.
E) The Earth's atmosphere bends different colors of light to a different degree. During a total lunar eclipse, the red light of the Sun, filtering through the Earth's atmosphere colors the Moon red