First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014 “Blood Moon”

From SPACE.com :  The first total lunar eclipse of 2014 occured overnight on April 14-15, and marked the beginning of an eclipse tetrad – four back-to-back total lunar eclipses. Here is Space.com’s complete coverage of the total lunar eclipse, which was visible from a wide region that includes most of North America and parts of South America. Gallery: Blood Moon Photos: Total Lunar Eclipse of April 15, 2014

Latest Story: Under a Blood Moon: 1st Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014 Wows Stargazers: Photos The moon took on an eerie blood-red hue early Tuesday during the first total lunar eclipse of 2014, a celestial sight that wowed potentially millions of stargazers across North and South America.

Photo credit: University of Arizona’s Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter at Steward Observatory atop Mt. Lemmon, Arizona