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Text__QXTbgKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=The Round Umbra
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Already Aristotle argues that a lunar eclipse occurs when the shadow of the Earth is cast on the moon. Yet the naive conception that a dark force threatens to devour the moon is widespread. Columbus frightens hostile natives by predicting a lunar eclipse.