On Wednesday, Oct. 8, you will get the chance to see one of the rarest types of lunar eclipse, called a selenelion or horizontal eclipse. But you have to be quick — the crazy light trick will only be visible for a short period
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dedicated joggers and diehard sky-watchers across much of North America enjoyed a total lunar eclipse early this morning. In the U.S. capital the eclipse, also referred to as a blood moon, turned the ghostly orb a dusky orange before
Wednesday: An eclipse behind clouds, the sun returns, and the speed limit drops.
The moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected off the Earth during a total lunar eclipse, one of four so-called “blood moons”, on October 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The first in the current tetrad of blood moons fell on Passover and the
This was the second total lunar eclipse of 2014. The previous lunar eclipse of April 15 was partially obscured by clouds, though Oregonian photographers Jamie Francis and Bruce Ely caught a glimpse of it. This second eclipse, on October 8, 2014, was