Brazilians flock to Rio's beaches for a glimpse of the lunar eclipse

Record ID: 1143092

  • Title: Brazilians flock to Rio's beaches for a glimpse of the lunar eclipse
  • Date: 28th July 2018
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JULY 27, 2018) (REUTERS) PARTIAL ECLIPSE GENERAL VIEW OF PARTIAL ECLIPSE PARTIAL ECLIPSE LOCALS GATHERED BY COAST (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) LOCAL ASTRONOMER, EUGENIO REIS, SAYING: "Mars is at its closest point and is close to the sky, and so the moon will radiate an intense light. So it's a very beautiful phenomena, a beautiful thing that the people will see, a lunar eclipse and Mars close by with an exceptional light coming off of it." GENERAL VIEW OF LUNAR ECLIPSE CLOSE OF LUNAR ECLIPSE LOCALS GATHERED BY TELESCOPE LOCAL LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE LOCAL LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE WITH LUNAR ECLIPSE ABOVE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) LOCAL, GABRIEL MARQUES, SAYING: "It's very beautiful, very beautiful It was great being here and the moon was very beautiful. More so with this telescope." PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE MOON
  • Embargoed: 11th August 2018 01:42
  • Keywords: lunar eclipse Rio de Janeiro Brazil beach moon
  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • City: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018QIYJB7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Brazilians flocked to Rio de Janeiro's iconic coastline on Friday (July 27) to catch a glimpse of the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century.
    From the Cape of Good Hope to the Middle East, and from the Kremlin to Sydney Harbour, thousands of people turned their eyes to the stars to watch the moon, which turned dark before shining orange, brown and crimson in the shadow.
    Brazil is one of the few places in the Americas where people will be able to see part of the eclipse.
    According to NASA, the total eclipse lasted 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, though a partial eclipse preceded and follows, meaning the moon will spend a total of nearly 4 hours in the Earth's umbral shadow.
    Reuters has charted the eclipse from across the world, capturing a shimmering orange and red moon above Cairo, the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, near Athens, the Bavarian village of Raisting in Germany, Rio beach in Brazil and Johannesburg.
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