Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Blood moon: Lunar eclipse gazers mesmerized as red hue lights up sky


Rare 'Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse Dazzles Sky-Gazers

PHOTO: This file picture taken on Feb. 21, 2008 is a combo picture of five images showing various stages of the lunar eclipse as seen in Sofia.  

Turn your gaze to the stars tonight for an eerie and spectacular view of the "blood moon." At 12:53 a.m. ET, the Earth will begin to position itself between the sun and the moon for the first of a series of four total eclipses to conclude in September 2015. 

 The phenomenon is known as a tetrad, in which the moon is completely covered by the earth's umbral shadow for four eclipses in a row, as opposed to only partial eclipses that fall in the outer penumbra. But rather than succumbing to complete darkness, the moon will glow red as it receives the refracted light that spills over the Earth's circumference. 

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