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Stunning photos uncover nan 'blood moon' full lunar eclipse

Don’t interest if you missed Tuesday’s full lunar eclipse. These images show nan celestial marvel from astir nan world

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron

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Early connected Tuesday, a “blood moon” full lunar eclipse made our typically pearlescent satellite look a fiery crimson, successful what was nan first and only full lunar eclipse of 2026.

A total lunar eclipse occurs erstwhile nan Earth passes straight betwixt nan sun and moon. As nan star’s ray filters done Earth’s atmosphere, it casts a reddish ray onto nan lunar aboveground that looks much like nan shades of a sunset. In lawsuit you missed it, photographers crossed nan world captured nan satellite flushed red.

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The eclipse was astatine slightest partially visible to entity gazers crossed Asia, Australia, arsenic good arsenic North and South America. For those capable to spot it, nan infinitesimal of “totality,” aliases erstwhile nan satellite is afloat covered successful Earth’s shadow, reportedly lasted almost 1 hour.

The adjacent full lunar eclipse isn’t owed until New Year’s Eve 2028, but nan Earth will acquisition a full star eclipse successful August of this year. Look to nan skies connected August 12 to spot nan satellite pass wholly successful beforehand of nan sun, casting a acheronian protector complete parts of Greenland, nan Arctic, and Spain. A partial lunar eclipse will besides beryllium visible connected August 27.

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