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On the night of July 27 and early morning of July 28, observers of the sky across the eastern hemisphere were treated to the longest lunar eclipse planned for the 21st century.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are directly aligned, and the orbit of the moon brings it directly into the shadow of the Earth. During the eclipse, the moon will pbad through the darkest region of the Earth's shadow, known as the umbra, which will give the moon a reddish glow of "blood moon" .
The eclipse, which was visible across the regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, occurred at the same time as the apogee of the moon – this year That is, when the moon reaches its furthest point from the Earth.
The eclipse colored the moon in orange red because of the sunlight that flows through the atmosphere of our planet and bounces off the moon.
See below for great pictures of the eclipse from around the world:
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