Many Guamanians looked to the sky Wednesday night as the sun, earth, and moon aligned creating a total lunar eclipse. While the weather wasn’t optimal for the entire event, many were able to see at least a portion of the eclipse. The moon’s red tint was a result of the light from the sun being refracted around the earth’s atmosphere, in other words, it’s as if all of the sunrises and sunsets from around the world are projected onto the moon at once.
The progression of Wednesday’s lunar eclipse, referred to as the Super Flower lunar eclipse, with an ensuing blood moon was captured through the lens of a telescope in Mangilao, Guam. Although the blood moon was in Guam’s line of sight from 6:46 to 11 p.m. thick clouds blocked much of the earlier phases of the eclipse. In this series of photos, the first image was taken at 8:05 p.m.
The progression of the Super Flower Blood lunar eclipse was captured between 8 and 11 p.m. on May 26 in Mangilao, Guam.
A close up view of Wednesday night’s lunar eclipse covered in a rent tint as the earth passed between the moon and the sun.
