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The different colours that we see are the result of different lengths of light wave.

During a lunar eclipse, as the celestial body causing the eclipse passes in front of the moon, its atmosphere causes what is called, "a refraction", or bending of the original lightwave. As this light is bent, its wavelength is, therefore, lengthened and alters according to the refractory 'power' of the phenomenon itself as it occurs, and the different wavelength of light reaching the earth emits a colour appearance that is now different from its original colour.

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