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The most complete eclipse was visible from Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
A blood-red moon dazzled astronomers across most of the world on Friday. lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
From the Cape of Good Hope in the Middle East, and from the Kremlin to Sydney Harbor, thousands of people stared at the moon, turning black and turning orange. brown and crimson in the shade.
The total eclipse lasted 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, although a partial eclipse preceded and followed, meaning that the moon will spend a total of nearly 4 hours in the morning. shady shadow of the Earth.
The most complete eclipse was visible from Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East and much of Asia and Australia although clouds have blocked the moon in some places. most of the Pacific.
Reuters mapped the eclipse from around the world, capturing a glistening orange and red moon over Cairo, the temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, near Athens , the Bavarian village of Raisting in Germany, the Rio beach in Brazil and Johannesburg.
In Nairobi, Kenyans watched the moon darken
Life is all about: Magical moments like this, "said Teddy Muthusi, looking from Uhuru Park in Nairobi. It's just beautiful, it's worth it. "
On the banks of the Indian Ganges, the temples were closed before the eclipse.People gazed through telescopes at Marina South Pier in Singapore and at the Al Sadeem Observatory at Al Wathba near Abu Dhabi.
Hundreds of people in Australia paid to observe the Sydney Observatory's eclipse before
When the moon shifted into the conical shadow of the earth, it was illuminated by the dark sun, but some light reached it because 39, it is bent by the Earth's atmosphere.
"It's what's called a blood moon because the light from the sun goes through the atmosphere of the Earth towards the moon, and the atmosphere of the Earth makes it red in the same way that when the sun goes down, it turns red, "Andrew told Reuters Fabian, professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge.
At the same time, Mars is traveling closer to Earth since 2003, so some observers can see what looks like a red-orange star – and it's actually the red planet. 19659003] "It's a very unusual coincidence to have a total lunar eclipse and march to opposition in the same night," said Robert Mbadey, deputy executive director of the Royal Astronomical Society, which observed the eclipse of the Mediterranean Sea. For thousands of years, man has been watching the heavens for omens of misery, victory and joy. The Bible contains references to the moon turning into blood and some ultra-Orthodox Jews consider the lunar eclipses disturbing and a cause of moral contemplation.
According to some Hindu beliefs, celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon emit negative energy during an eclipse. Astronomers, however, said that there was no reason to worry.
"There is no reason to believe that the moons of blood announce a disaster," Mbadey said. "This does not announce the apocalypse: seeing a lunar eclipse and Mars in the sky is something that people should enjoy rather than worry about."
The next lunar eclipse of such length is planned for 2123.
© Thomson Reuters 2018
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