The Moon will plunge completely into the shadows and present us with a deep coppery hue. In addition, an hour after the departure of the Sun, in an already dark twilight sky, the extremely bright point of the planet Mars, located 58 million km from the Earth will be beautiful right next to the Moon totally eclipsed: a wonderful celestial spectacle!
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This event is accompanied in Badrood by a secular tradition, people hit hard on a copper plate with a stick and they repeated moretimes "Hit, hit hard to release the Moon ! According to the beliefs a dragon wanted to swallow up the Moon. Dr. Rahgoshay's Museum has revived this practice for the pleasure of all!
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