- Title: Lunar eclipse glimmers red above Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Date: 8th November 2022
- Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (NOVEMBER 8, 2022) (REUTERS) TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE GLOWING RED VARIOUS OF TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE GLOWING RED PERSON LOOKING AT ECLIPSE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING INTO TELESCOPES (SOUNDBITE) (English) CURATOR OF ASTRONOMY AT THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY, ANDREW JACOB, SAYING: "Eclipses are really beautiful things. They're
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- Keywords: Australia blood moon eclipse lunar lunar eclipse moon red moon
- Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- City: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- Country: Australia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Australia,Science
- Reuters ID: LVA001772408112022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Sydneysiders joined people around the world on Tuesday (November 8) as they looked up to see the Earth's last total eclipse of the moon for more than two years over the Australian capital's famous Harbour Bridge.
Stargazers gathered at Sydney's Observatory, where telescopes, a wall projection of the eclipse and scientific talks, explained the phenomenon.
The eclipse occurs when the moon moves into the conical shaped shadow of the earth, blocking out light from the sun.
Some light, though, will still reach the moon because it is bent by the earth's atmosphere - giving the moon its distinctive red hue which earns it the name "blood moon."
Tuesday's event marks the second blood moon this year, following one in mid-May. The next one is not expected until March 14, 2025.
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