Totality is not completely dark during a lunar eclipse because
A. of light refracted by the Earth's atmosphere.
B. the line between umbra and penumbra is not sharp.
C. the Moon is not directly in the Earth's shadow.
D. of tapering of sunlight due to the Sun's large size.
E. of the Sun's corona.
Answer: A
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