Eclipses are usually one of those visible cosmic phenomena that get people excited because they are rare. The famous ones are total solar eclipses where the moon appears to cover the sun completely and lunar eclipses where the Earth is between the sun and the moon and the moon appears ‘red’.
Total lunar eclipses appear red and that is why it is regarded as the bloodmoon. Also thanks to the wild imagination humans have, this results to people thinking it is the end of the world or to watch out for werewolves.
Despite the mythological interest in this spectacle, it is still a phenomenon that arouses a lot of interest. People have telescopes to view it in entirety while others are ready with their cameras with long lenses to capture the eclipse beautifully. These photos usually end up getting shared on social media and Twitter and Instagram are great mediums to check out this content.
This is a wide shot from Seattle
From Seattle tonight… Total lunar eclipse during the Super Wolf Moon for Mont… Wow! #bloodredeclipse #wolfbloodmoon pic.twitter.com/DzjVspug6D
— Tim Durkan (@timdurkan) January 21, 2019
Just look at this. Just look
WOWZERS! Stunning progression lapse of the #LunarEclipse last night by Jason Weingart amazing capture as usual! #severeweather #photographer #Eclipse pic.twitter.com/adjVKEx87I
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) January 21, 2019
A closeup. Check out that red
Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse
January 20, 2019 pic.twitter.com/pnpQVVZSW6— ???? (@sourcenectar) January 21, 2019
A much brighter exposure on the moon
The first and last lunar eclipse of 2019 pic.twitter.com/Z1AcFoeVzg
—  (@itsesthetics) January 21, 2019
This one has perspective
unfiltered lunar eclipse photos that i took!! pic.twitter.com/FkhEXQDGOa
— ⛄ キリン日の出 유성² ❄ (@pakupakuyaku) January 21, 2019
The more impressive ones are when you hook an excellent phone camera like the Pixel 2 to a telescope
I might have a telescope but this is with the pixel 2 pic.twitter.com/EZOCNuNoYj
— Justin Liu (@justinliu00) January 21, 2019
There was also a lot of photos shared on Instagram about the blood moon and here are some of them.
This is my favourite. Again Seattle background with the moon at the top of the Space Needle.
This one shows the stages of the lunar eclipse so well
This is so good
This looks like a CGI shot in a movie
Wow. Properly processed photo but still wow
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