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10 of our favourite snaps from the blood-red #SuperMoon eclipse
Stargazers from the Americas, Europe and Africa were over moon this weekend, as they stared through their phones’ screens to capture and share a very special astronomical event. Not only did the lunar eclipse make the moon appear red, the moon also passed closest to the Earth’s surface — appearing 14% larger than usual.
The so-called supermoon or bloodmoon event is a rare celestial occurrence which was last observed in 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033. Of course, the early 1980’s lacked today’s advanced telescopic and photographic equipment, meaning that this is the first time the Instagram and Twitter world have collectively snapped at the lunar body in its magnificent form. And, boy, did they.
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According to Topsy, mentions of supermoon was made over 200 000 times within the last few days, peaking at around 110 000.
So, whether your view was intruded by cloudy skies or you simply want to see how the supermoon looked through other people’s smartphone lenses, we’ve rounded up some of the most impressive shots we could find on Twitter.
@carolkirkwood how about this carol menai bridge in bangor north wales pic.twitter.com/nIh0gpoIgt
— patrick overend (@tazmaniow) September 28, 2015
Super moon rises over Lake Winnipeg in Gimli, Manitoba Canada sunday night. #moon #supermoon pic.twitter.com/sMTyPhoF5w
— Joe Bryksa (@jbryksa) September 28, 2015
The #SuperBloodMoon over @CityofCT started bright and beautiful last night and now.. dark red and beautiful pic.twitter.com/62SpcSrcU3
— Guy McDonald (@GuyMcDonald) September 28, 2015
A plane flying straight across the #Supermoon here in West Kirby pic.twitter.com/crxl2e2Sp8
— Russ McNally (@RussMcNally) September 27, 2015
For some epic time-lapses:
OMG! This is now the most perfect video of the #SuperBloodMoon I am in love with it pic.twitter.com/EJc96xLQm6
— Farhan Khan Virk (@FarhanKVirk) September 28, 2015
Boston can see the #SuperBloodMoon pic.twitter.com/lXhH0UNqVj
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 28, 2015
Naturally, there were some jokers with E.T. and Star Wars references:
I forgot to mention that you can see @MikeTrout riding his bike with @GiavotelLA504 in the front seat in my SuperMoon pic.twitter.com/EcZw1vbScq
— Huston Street (@HustonStreet) September 28, 2015
expectations vs reality #Supermoon pic.twitter.com/TrP6Bg899T
— hev (@cIarkbruce) September 28, 2015
That's no moon guys… 😛 #supermoon #bloodmoon #deathstar pic.twitter.com/81o9OXEpTT
— Kat Gunn (@MystikGunn) September 28, 2015
Main image by jennifer_bowen_az via Instagram
