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Blood moon in total lunar eclipse

 

Wednesday 16 April 2014 18:47 BST
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The 'Blood Moon' rises over the water in Wlliamstown  in Melbourne, Australia. The Lunar Eclipse, resulting in the Moon appearing to be an orange-red colour is due to a perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon, otherwise known as 'syzygy'
The 'Blood Moon' rises over the water in Wlliamstown in Melbourne, Australia. The Lunar Eclipse, resulting in the Moon appearing to be an orange-red colour is due to a perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon, otherwise known as 'syzygy'

Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse saw the spectacle of the Moon stained red by the Sun’s rays refracting through Earth’s atmosphere.

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