Lunar Eclipse: Dark sky images of a super blood moon
Blood moon
This blood moon was photographed on April 15, 2014. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth, moon and sun are in perfect alignment, blanketing the moon in the Earth’s shadow. This image was taken in San Jose, Calif.
Image: NASA Ames Research Center\/Brian Day
Supermoon rises in San Francisco
The supermoon as it was rising over the Salesforce tower in San Francisco.
Image: Bloomberg\/Getty
Blood moon over San Francisco
The blood moon rising behind the TransAmerica building in San Francisco.
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Super blood moon
The super blood moon spotted over an industrial plant in Germany.
Image: Marcel Kusch/DPA/AFP/Getty
Blood moon rises over Nakhon Sawan province
The blood moon created a stunning effect in the sky in January 2019.
Image: SOPA Images\/Getty
Supermoon lunar eclipse
The supermoon lunar eclipse captured as it moved over NASA’s Glenn Research Center on September 27, 2015.
Image: NASA\/Rami Daud
Blood moon in Saxony-Anhalt
The blood moon is next to the Naumburg Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt.
Image: picture alliance\/Getty
Blood moon in Bavaria
The lunar eclipse creates a red glow on the moon in Bavaria, also known as a blood moon.
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Supermoon
The supermoon slipping behind the Tours’s cathedral in France.
Image: Guillaume Souvant\/Getty
Lunar eclipse
The lunar eclipse resulting in a blood moon.
Image: Jasper Jacobs\/AFP\/Getty
Supermoon in the Netherlands
Supermoon as seen from the Netherlands.
Image: Yuriko Nakao\/Getty
Total lunar eclipse in 2019
The total lunar eclipse in 2019 resulted in a super blood moon.
Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.