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Despite being called a blue moon, the moon doesn't actually turn blue.
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00:00Despite being called a blue moon, the moon doesn't actually turn blue. But, it did turn
00:06red on Sunday night because of North American wildfire smoke sitting in the atmosphere above
00:11the UK. Smoke particles mean that light passing through the atmosphere is scattered in such a
00:16way that the orange and red colors of the spectrum are more visible than usual. The smoke also meant
00:22skies were hazy and had an orange tinge over the weekend with an impressive sunset on Sunday night.
00:28Smoke particles will start to clear on Monday as cloud and rain moves in from the west.