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Blood Moon

Skywatcher Chris Chujkal in Puerto Rico captured this stunning view of the total lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014 from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The bright star at lower right is Spica, with the planet Mars glowing to the moon's far right.



Astrophotographer Vince Edwards captured the lunar eclipse of April 14-15, 2014, over Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. He writes in an e-mail message to Space.com: "I shot about 950 photos over the course of an hour to capture the moon as the earth's shadow became visible. The light 'streaks' on the windows are composited from a separate shot where I captured a 2" exposure beginning at 50mm and zooming out to 15mm."