The blood moon as seen from Denver

I don’t have the best gear for capturing an eclipse but didn’t do too bad this morning. A few light cirrus clouds no doubt impacted the sharpness but at least it was relatively mild.

While everyone is calling it a ‘blood moon’, the meaning behind that term isn’t exactly clear. As written on EarthSky.org, some attribute it to the lunar tetrad – four successive full lunar eclipses without any partial eclipses. This is the second of the four, each coming six months apart.

A lunar eclipse creates a 'blood moon'.  (© Tony’s Takes)
A lunar eclipse creates a ‘blood moon’. (© Tony’s Takes)

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