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Lunar Eclipse: Dark sky images of a super blood moon

By · May 25, 2021, 8:52 AM PST · teena_maddox

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  • 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.

    Image: Bloomberg/Getty

  • 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.

    Image: picture alliance/Getty

  • Supermoon

    The supermoon slipping behind the Tours's cathedral in France. 

    Image: Guillaume Souvant/Getty

  • Blood moon

    The lunar eclipse resulted in a blood moon effect in January 2019.

    Image: Jasper Jacobs/AFP/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.

    Image: NurPhoto/Getty

  • Super blood moon as seen in Germany

    The super blood moon visible in Germany.

    Image: Marcel Kusch/DPA/AFP/Getty

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

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