Partial lunar eclipse in Munich, Germany on October 28th
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Photographers around the world captured stunning images of this weekend’s partial lunar eclipse. Such a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s orbit around the Earth brings both bodies into line with the Sun. This is a phenomenon known as syzygism.
It was fully visible from the UK and other European countries, as well as Asia and Africa, and people could see a partially reddening ‘blood moon’, but people from parts of North America, South America and Australia simply looked at the moon. The moon becomes dark.
The photo above was taken just after 10pm local time in Munich, Germany, and was taken through a short gap in local cloud cover, showing Earth’s shadow encroaching on the Moon. Masu.
A solar eclipse was also visible in India.
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Another photo taken by photographer Salman Ali in New Delhi, India, shows a partial lunar eclipse occurring over the capital.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the moon and the sun
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Photographer Lorenzo di Cola took a series of 12 images from L’Aquila, Italy, showing the complete evolution of the eclipse from that point on. At the maximum extent of the eclipse, his images show his 6 percent of the moon’s surface submerged in darkness.
Even during a total lunar eclipse, the moon is not completely dark because sunlight is refracted. by the Earth’s atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths are more easily scattered, and when longer wavelength light hits the moon, it produces a reddish hue, also known as a “blood moon.”
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