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Credit & Copyright: Martin Junius
Explanation:
Why would a bright full Moon suddenly become dark?
Because it
entered the
shadow
of the Earth.
That's what happened
Sunday night as the Moon underwent a
total lunar eclipse.
Dubbed by some as a
Super
(because the Moon was angularly larger than usual, at least slightly)
Blood
(because the scattering of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere makes an eclipsed
Moon appeared unusually red)
Wolf
(because January full moons are sometimes called Wolf Moons from the
legend that wolves like to howl at the moon) Moon Eclipse, the
shadowy spectacle was visible from the half of the
Earth
then facing the
Moon,
and was captured in
numerous
spectacular photographs.
Featured, a notable image sequence was captured over the
Cologne Cathedral, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, in
Cologne,
Germany.
The
lunar eclipse sequence
was
composed from 68 different exposures captured over three hours during freezing
temperatures -- and later digitally combined and edited to remove a cyclist and a
pedestrian.
The next total lunar eclipse
will occur in 2021.
Gallery:
Sunday Night's
Total
Lunar Eclipse
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