Stargazers enjoyed a "Blood Moon" Sunday night during a total lunar e

When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour that has astounded humans for millennia.

People in Asia, in

The total lunar e

Stargazers in Europe and Africa also got a brief chance to see a partial e

The Moon appears red during lunar e

Blue wavelengths of light are shorter than red ones, so are more easily dispersed as they travel through Earth's atmosphere, he told AFP.

"That's what gives the Moon its red, bloody colour."

While special glasses or pinhole projectors are needed to safely observe solar e

The last total lunar e

A rare total solar e

Next year's totality -- the first in mainland Europe since 2006 -- will be visible only

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