Super blue blood Moon - latest updates as it happened: Lunar eclipse sweeps across the world
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Your support makes all the difference.The super blue blood moon has arrived.
Australia got the first glimpse of the full event, as it spread across the world. Much of Asia and America also got a look – though the UK, Europe and Africa missed out on seeing the blood moon, or lunar eclipse.
They will, however, get to see the supermoon. And as well as being much bigger and brighter than normal it will also be second full moon of the month, making it a blue moon.
Taken together, that's a series of celestial events that haven't been seen for decades.
Here's all the latest updates as the sight makes its way around the world, and as all the best pictures, videos and live streams start to arrive.
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(Just in case it wasn't clear before: now is the time to head outside, or fire up your livestream. You've got an hour or so left to catch a sight of the red moon during the total lunar eclipse.)
Pictures are starting to appear from people watching the eclipse at home. Here's one from @LadyTau50 on Twitter.
The moon's looking very big, very bright, and very bloody at the moment.
We're at the time of greatest eclipse now – halfway through the total eclipse. That means you've got just over half an hour to check it out, either on the live streams or in real life.
After that, the sun will pop out the other side of the Earth and illuminate the moon. At that point it'll just go back to being a super blue moon – no blood in sight.
The live stream (which you can find here) is great. But it has very repetitive music. Any suggestions for better things to listen to while it's on? Tweet me: @_andrew_griffin.
(My go-to listen for these sorts of things is usually the Interstellar soundtrack. But this suits something a bit more slow-burn, I think – Stars Of The Lid?)
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