Many rose early Wednesday morning in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse that peaked at 6:55 a.m. EDT. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon turns a coppery shade of red as it passes through the core of the Earth’s shadow. Because of this change in hue, a total lunar eclipse is also called a “blood moon.”
If you slept through this morning’s blood moon, or missed out due to the cloudy conditions in some parts of country, social media has you covered.
NASA invited would-be eclipse watchers who were thwarted by the weather to view their live stream coverage of the event. They also put a call out for followers’ to share their eclipse questions in a blood moon chat.
LIVE now: Watch our #LunarEclipse stream & ask us your #eclipse questions: http://t.co/tNun1AQgqO #bloodmoon pic.twitter.com/CFgAqemRKW
— NASA (@NASA) October 8, 2014
The U.S. Department of the Interior shared photos from the western U.S., where viewing conditions were best.
Clear skies over @YellowstoneNPS provided a great view of this morning's #bloodmoon #LunarEclipse pic.twitter.com/Vf9VTLEk47
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) October 8, 2014
The Sydney Observatory shared this shot of the blood moon as seen from Australia.
Blood Red Moon from Sydney Observatory just coming out of totality pic.twitter.com/xExnTeHLwZ
— Sydney Observatory (@sydneyobs) October 8, 2014
In Asia, the eclipse was visible to evening stargazers. India Today, a weekly English-language Indian magazine, rounded up stunning photos from around the world, including this shot of a couple observing the eclipse from a ferris wheel in Tokyo.
Blood Moon sightings from around the world http://t.co/9jPMRM9rWd pic.twitter.com/9Vh6Pgr53N
— India Today (@IndiaToday) October 8, 2014
New York City photographer Inga Sarda-Sorensen captured the blood moon as it rose over the Empire State Building.
Gorgeous #LunarEclipse over #NYC's @EmpireStateBldg this morning. #fullmooneclipse #moon pic.twitter.com/KXsAKQS6Le
— Inga Sarda-Sorensen (@isardasorensen) October 8, 2014
For more details on the eclipse, read our interview with Tony Phillips, an astronomer with spaceweather.com.
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