Stargazing Blood Moon, the world over
Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event Sunday when a swollen ‘super moon’ and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing the planet bathed in blood-red light.
Those in the United States, Europe, Africa and western Asia viewed the rare coupling Sunday night or early on Monday.
It's the first time the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033.
In downtown Brooklyn, crowds of people gathered on plazas and sidewalks, gazing up at the sky and trying to take photos with their smartphones.
When a full moon makes its closest approach to Earth, it appears bigger and brighter than usual and is known as a supermoon.
In Miami, sky-watchers had a nice view on a cloudless, warm night. People came out to Bayfront Park and other parts of downtown to watch it, taking many photographs.That will coincide with a full lunar eclipse where the moon, Earth and sun will be lined up, with Earth's shadow totally obscuring the moon.
The moon appeared in more of a copper rather than reddish tone, however.
A full moon silhouettes television and radio antennas on Boutilier Mountain, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Sunday Sept. 27, 2015. The full moon was seen prior to a phenomenon called a "Super Moon" eclipse that will occur Sunday night. (AP)
The moon travels to a similar position every month, but the tilt of its orbit means it normally passes above or below the Earth's shadow -- so most months have a full moon minus eclipse.
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