The following is a higher resolution image of the Blood Red
moon that adorned the front page of Scoop yesterday. For a
montage of the eclipse that led to this spectacular Moon
shot see...http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0007/S00096.htm
WELLINGTON'S
BLOOD RED MOON
The red colour of the Moon is created by the refraction of sunlight from the sun around the earth - and through the dust in the Earth's atmosphere - onto the moon.
Both photos were supplied to Scoop by Chris Picking.
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