Space stations, dark rituals and chorizo: how social media saw the blood moon

The Guardian UK ^ | 27 Jul 2018 | Patrick Lum

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(photos at link) Amateur skywatchers and photographers from around the world – as well as the stargazing professionals – have sacrificed sleep to share spectacular images of the blood moon on social media.

NASA put up a handy explainer (even though North and Central America were left out of the shade), and streamed the eclipse’s progress from a variety of planetariums across the world.

Other space experts also made their contributions, including from the international space station.

Meanwhile, earth-based photographers shared incredible shots...

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as my kids would say, awesomeness :)

[SunkenCiv]

Martian sidebar:

Mars to track blood moon in double celestial treat on Friday
Longest total lunar eclipse of century coincides with Mars being unusually close to Earth
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Fri 27 Jul 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/27/blood-moon-and-mars-to-provide-double-celestial-treat-on-friday

[Richard Axtell]

Chorizo? Chorizo and egg burro enchilada style!

[Robert DeLong]

This one had to be taken with special equiptment: