Stargazers and astrophotography enthusiasts will be a bit bleary-eyed this morning!
The longest total lunar eclipse of this century took place in the wee hours, starting at around 3:30am. During the eclipse the moon still gets some sunlight, that has been refracted by the earth’s atmosphere. The moon looks red for the same reason that we see a red sky at sunrise and sunset – the earth’s atmosphere scatters the blue light, leaving only the redder wavelengths to make for a “blood moon”.
Mars was also clearly visible as a bright spark near the moon as the planet was the closest it has been to us in 15 years.
If you managed to get some good photos, please share them here! – LHL
(A composite photo stitched from 6 separate photos that were taken at 3-minute intervals between 3:45am to 4am. It shows the Moon’s trajectory toward the right as it enters the umbra or Earth’s shadow. / PMO Photo by Chiez How)
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