5 Pics: In Celestial Show, Skygazers See Swollen 'Supermoon' in Blood-Red Light of Total Eclipse
Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event on Sunday when a swollen "supermoon" and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing the satellite bathed in blood-red light.
The moon is seen at the skyline in Siliguri on September 28, 2015. For the first time in decades, skygazers saw the double spectacle of a swollen "supermoon" bathed in the blood-red light of a total eclipse.
A swollen "supermoon" bathed in the blood-red light of a total eclipse is seen in Trebons sur la Grasse. The celestial show was the result of the Sun, Earth and a larger-than-life, extra-bright Moon lining up for just over an hour.
This composite image shows the progression of the total lunar eclipse to a Blood Moon in Centreville, Maryland. The celestial show was visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, south and west Asia, and the east Pacific.
