Blood moon in total lunar eclipse

Wednesday 16 April 2014 18:47 BST

The 'Blood Moon' rises over the water in Wlliamstown in Melbourne, Australia. The Lunar Eclipse, resulting in the Moon appearing to be an orange-red colour is due to a perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon, otherwise known as 'syzygy'

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Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse saw the spectacle of the Moon stained red by the Sun’s rays refracting through Earth’s atmosphere.

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