7 Stunning Photos Of The Blood Moon Eclipse
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – California and several other states in the western United States got front row seats early Wednesday morning to the second and final total eclipse in the "Blood Moon" tetrad series of 2014.
During the time of the total eclipse, the moon looks reddish because of the sunsets and sunrises from the Earth reflecting onto the lunar eclipse. The phenomenon, which can only happen when the Earth and moon are perfectly aligned, lasted between 2-9 minutes, depending on where you viewed it from.
Low clouds made for poor visibility in the Bay Area, but several great photos of the event were snapped elsewhere. Here are a few of the best.
Total eclipse of the moon is seen on October 08, 2014 in Qingdao, Shandong province of China. The moon turns red and half-shadowed during total lunar eclipse in Qingdao on Wednesday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
A religious cross is seen as the moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected off the Earth during a total lunar eclipse, one of four so-called 'blood moons', on October 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The first in the current tetrad of blood moons fell on Passover and the current eclipse occurs on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the fifth day after Yom Kippur, leading some religious people to believe that it is a prophetic sign of the end times of civilization. This blood moon appears 5.3% larger than the last one on April 15 because it occurs right after the perigee, the closest point in its orbit to the Earth. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
A commercial Airliner on approach to Reagan National Airport flies past the full moon during a lunar eclipse October 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. A total lunar eclipse was visible at moonset for most of North America. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A man near the Washington Monument during a lunar eclipse October 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. A total lunar eclipse was visible at moonset for most of North America. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A total eclipse of the moon is seen through clouds near the Empire State Building during the early morning hours of October 8, 2014 in New York. AFP photo/Stan Honda)
A total lunar eclipse is seen behind a ferris wheel in Tokyo, on October 8, 2014. In Tokyo's Roppongi fashion and entertainment district, enthusiasts were planning to perform yoga exercises under the blood moon. Many others had climbed atop the city's skyscrapers to view the sky. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)
A plane flies before the moon at the beginning of a total lunar eclipse in Yokkaichi, central Japan, on October 8, 2014. In Tokyo's Roppongi fashion and entertainment district, enthusiasts were planning to perform yoga exercises under the blood moon. Many others had climbed atop the city's skyscrapers to view the sky. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
