Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse


 My cousin's picture of the moon over Peavine.

Along with being the largest supermoon, this was also the only total lunar eclipse of 2021.

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles provided a live stream.


In the penumbra phase, Earth's shadow blocks sunlight imperfectly, so the moon is still visible but dimmer.  In the umbra phase, the moon is in complete shadow, which is called totality.

An image from Hong Kong, taken by Anthony Wallace (AFP via Getty Images)


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