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The world and lovers of observing astronomical phenomena at night witnessed a unique scene described as the most wonderful scenery in the sky with the appearance of what is known as the “giant blood moon”.
The phenomenon occurred just following 03:30 GMT on Monday, and the planet remained for several minutes at a center between the sun and the moon.
At this time, the Earth’s shadow begins to gradually obscure the moon, temporarily giving it a shade of dark red.
The moon acquires this color through sunlight that reaches the moon, during a total eclipse, passing through the Earth’s atmosphere.
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In the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the moon appeared almost orange at one moment
The lunar eclipse coincides with a separate event called the “giant moon”, as the moon appears larger than usual as a result of its presence at its closest point to the Earth.
Blood moon observers recorded the best moment of the phenomenon from 03:29 GMT, at the moment when the total lunar eclipse began, and the phenomenon became visible in the western hemisphere.
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The giant blood moon appeared over hilltops in North Macedonia
The phenomenon remained for regarding an hour and a half following that, following the sun’s rays passed and reached the moon through the Earth’s atmosphere and the moon acquired its red color.
The phenomenon was also visible in Europe for a short time only due to the setting of the moon during the eclipse, however, in the Americas, the phenomenon was seen in its entirety in areas under clear skies.
Dr Gregory Brown, an astronomy expert at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, said: “You will see the phenomenon coinciding with the rising and setting of the sun around the Earth, and the rays will reach the moon.”
He told the BBC: “If you were an astronaut standing on the surface of the moon, and looking at the Earth from there, you would see a red ring orbiting our planet.”
