Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse

A Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon align. The entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra it appears red-orange because any sunlight that's not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the lunar surface.

“It’s as if all the world’s sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the Moon,” NASA once said of this phenomenon.

Local resident Amy Buzzell captured some great images of the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse last Thursday, March 14 between 1:30 and 4 a.m. Fortunately the sky was clear!