4 great ways to watch the longest 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse of the next 104 years

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• A blood moon or total lunar eclipse is happening on Friday, July 27.
• At 1 hour 43 minutes of totality, the lunar eclipse will be the longest until the year 2123.
• People in North America, including the US, Canada, and Mexico, won't be able to see the blood moon.
• But the Weather Channel, TimeAndDate.com, Slooh, and others will broadcast live online footage of the astronomical event. Here's how to watch.

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A majority of Earth is in for a special astronomical treat on Friday night: a total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, and the longest one in a century.

On that night, our planet will slip in front of the sun to cast an orange-red shadow on the full moon. From the moon, the Earth would appear to be surrounded by a 25,000-mile-around ring of fire.

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NOW WATCH: This NASA animation shows what this month's stunning lunar eclipse would look like on the moon

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