42---BEST SUPER BLOOD MOON PICTURES

Maybe it’s the light pollution, maybe it’s always cloudy some have yet to experience with my own eyes the magic of these celestial events. Thankfully there are people around the world who not only experience them but beautifully capture it for all to enjoy. Until next time!

Missed it? Want to see it again? You can, with our readers' amazing shots of this rare celestial event.

Several lunar events combined to create a once-in-a-few-decades sight in the sky.

First, there was a full moon. Second, it was a special type known as a harvest moon, since it was the closest full moon to the autumn equinox. Third, the moon was as close to Earth as it will get all year, making it a supermoon. Fourth, there was a total lunar eclipse, in which the Earth's shadow first tints the moon red (hence the name blood moon), then hides it entirely. 

 The supermoon occurs when the moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, making it appear larger in the sky. A lunar eclipse is also known as a blood moon because of the reddish glow caused by the earth's shadow.

The eclipse was visible in North America, South America, West Africa and Western Europe. While the western half of North America, the rest of Europe and Africa, the Middle East and South Asia observed a partial eclipse.

The supermoon, which occurs when the moon is closest to earth in its orbit, coincided with a lunar eclipse, which hasn’t happened since 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033.

This kind of overlap has only happened five times since 1900. The last was in 1982, and the next will be in 2033. But if you missed it, fear not.   

SEE & ENJOY!!!!!

Red moon over Volcan Colima, 27 Sept. 2015. 

Rivulets of lava erupted from the summit beneath a blood red moon. Volcan Colima is an active stratovolcano situated in the Mexican states of Colima and Jalisco, 300 miles west of Mexico City. It is one of North America's most active volcanoes.

This photo from Quebec, Canada is among the best pictures of the event posted to our Your Shot community

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The Blood Moon as taken from the roof of our building, overlooking the South of Market district of San Francisco. Taken with a Sony A7s on a tripod.

Using Photoshop merged the two images

It was a one-in-a-million chance that it happened to pass right in front of the moon, snapped this photograph using Canon SX280 point-and-shoot held against the eyepiece of a 5” Celestron 130SLT telescope.

Shot on a Nikon D7000, 200mm (55-200mm lens), F/10, 1.6”, ISO 400. When producing the final image,  brightened the original shots by overlaying four copies of each. Overlaying and some minor cropping all done in GIMP.

Canon T3i and 18-200mm lens on a tripod with IR remote, 10s exposure, f/8, ISO 400. This is a composite of two images merged in photoshop in order to get the statue and moon in focus.

Taken from the pier in Saucalito, CA. That’s Karl the Fog. Fuji X-T1, XF 55-200mm, 800 ISO, f/8

The so-called supermoon behind Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, England, early on Monday.

Photographer John Kelsey captured this fantastic time-lapse image from his Brooklyn rooftop.

The Moon, appearing next to a statue on the Alexander III bridge, in Paris (Picture: Reuters)

Next to a statue on a roof in Hamburg, Germany (Picture: Reuters)

Rising into the sky over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay North Tyneside (Picture: NNP)

The moon dwarfed Penshaw Monument (Picture: NNP)

The supermoon next to the Eiffel Tower. Photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The supermoon during the early stages of the lunar eclipse near Big Ben in London, United Kingdom. Photo: Joseph Okpako/2015 Joseph Okpako

The supermoon near the London Eye Capsules in London, U.K. Photo: Joseph Okpako/2015 Joseph Okpako

The eclipsed supermoon rises behind the Las Vegas Strip. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/2015 Getty Images

The supermoon behind the Colorado State Capitol building during a total lunar eclipse. Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA

The supermoon rises over a sailboat in Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

The Super Blood Moon rises over the spires of the House of Parliament on in London, U.K. Photo: Joseph Okpako/Getty Images

The super blood moon can be seen behind one of the steeples of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, western Germany (ROLF VENNENBERND/AFP/Getty Images)

The supermoon could be seen behind the Quadriga sculpture on top of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate (KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images)

Reindeers are seen silhouetted against the blood moon during the lunar eclipse near the village of Yavterishki, about 250 kilometers north of Minsk, Belarus. (SERGEI GAPON/AFP/Getty Images)

Super blood moon, as seen from Long Island City, New York. (Brian Michael Tully)

The supermoon in Innsbruck, Austria. (Jan Hetfleisch / Getty Images

The supermoon appears behind the Turning Torso building in Malmo in the south of Sweden during a total lunar eclipse. (Johan Nilsson /AFP/Getty Images)

A supermoon is seen during a lunar eclipse behind pods of the London Eye wheel in London, September 28, 2015. Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat Sunday night and Monday when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year. The total "supermoon" lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon" is one that appears bigger and brighter than usual as it reaches the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth.Toby Melville/Reuters

The Moon, appearing in a dim red colour, is covered by the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse over Paris, France September 28, 2015.Charles Platiau/Reuters

A supermoon is seen in the sky in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 27, 2015.Jose Cabezas/Reuters

A supermoon, the last of this year's supermoons, rises over a minaret of a mosque in Wadi El-Rayan Lake at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, south west of Cairo, Egypt.Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

A super moon rises in the sky near the Eiffel tower as seen from Suresnes, Western Paris, France.Charles Platiau/Reuters

A supermoon rises in the sky over the Rio de La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

The Moon, appearing next to a statue on the Alexander III bridge, in a dim red colour, is covered by the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse over Paris, France September 28, 2015.Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

A supermoon is seen over the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York September 27, 2015.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

The total "supermoon" lunar eclipse is seen from Vigeland Park in Oslo, Norway.Haakon Mosvold Larsen/Reuters

A supermoon is seen in the sky above Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California.Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters

The partially covered Supermoon is seen behind a look-out point on the peak of mount Uetliberg in Zurich, Switzerland.Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Ref:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer

http://www.theverge.com

http://europe.newsweek.com/

Upcoming celestial events

Missed the supermoon lunar eclipse? Here are some of the next best astronomical events visible from the UK with the naked eye:
October 21: Orionid meteor shower Some shooting stars associated with the shower are expected to be visible each night from October 16-30. At its peak the maximum rate of visible meteors could reach 25 per hour

November 18: Leonid meteor shower Some shooting stars are expected to be visible from November 15-20. Maximum rate of visible meteors from a dark location could reach 20 per hour
December 14: Geminid meteor shower Widely considered to be the best meteor shower of all, it will reach peak activity on this night. Maximum rate of meteors expected to be visible is around 100 per hour

January 3, 2016: Quadrantid meteor shower In 2016 the shower peaks on the night of the 3 January and morning of the 4 January. Maximum rate of visible meteors is expected to be around 80 per hour
May 9, 2016: Mercury in transit Mercury will move directly between the Earth and the Sun - an event which only occurs once every few years. Best viewed from North America, the eastern Pacific, New Zealand or south-eastern Australia, and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.

Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worldwide – Next 10 years

Dates                       Object  Type Where is the eclipse visible

2015
27 Sep / 28 Sep 2015 Lunar  Total
Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica


2016
8 Mar / 9 Mar 2016       Solar            Total
South/East Asia, North/West Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean
23 Mar 2016 Lunar Penumbral
Much of Asia, Australia, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
1 Sep 2016 Solar Annular
South in Asia, West in Australia, Much of Africa, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
16 Sep / 17 Sep 2016 Lunar Penumbral
Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, West in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica



2017
10 Feb / 11 Feb 2017 Lunar Penumbral
Europe, Much of Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
26 Feb 2017 Solar Annular
South/West Africa, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
7 Aug / 8 Aug 2017 Lunar Partial
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, West in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
21 Aug 2017 Solar Total
West in Europe, North/East Asia, North/West Africa, North America, North/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic

2018
31 Jan 2018 Lunar Total
North/East Europe, Asia, Australia, North/East Africa, North America, North/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
15 Feb 2018 Solar Partial
South in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica
13 Jul 2018 Solar Partial
South in Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean
27 Jul / 28 Jul 2018 Lunar Total
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, South in North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
11 Aug 2018 Solar Partial
North/East Europe, North/West Asia, North in North America, Atlantic, Arctic

2019
5 Jan / 6 Jan 2019 Solar Partial
East in Asia, Pacific
20 Jan / 21 Jan 2019 Lunar Total
Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
2 Jul 2019 Solar Total
South in North America, Much of South America, Pacific
16 Jul / 17 Jul 2019 Lunar Partial
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
26 Dec 2019 Solar Annular
East in Europe, Much of Asia, North/West Australia, East in Africa, Pacific, Indian Ocean

2020
10 Jan / 11 Jan 2020 Lunar Penumbral
Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Much of North America, West in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
5 Jun / 6 Jun 2020 Lunar Penumbral
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, South/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
21 Jun 2020 Solar Annular
South/East Europe, Much of Asia, North in Australia, Much of Africa, Pacific, Indian Ocean
4 Jul / 5 Jul 2020 Lunar Penumbral
South/West Europe, Much of Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
29 Nov / 30 Nov 2020 Lunar Penumbral
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
14 Dec 2020 Solar Total
South in Africa, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica

2021
26 May 2021 Lunar Total
South/East Asia, Australia, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
10 Jun 2021 Solar Annular
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, North/West Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic, Arctic
18 Nov / 19 Nov 2021 Lunar Partial
Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, North/West Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
4 Dec 2021 Solar Total
South in Australia, South in Africa, South in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica

2022
30 Apr 2022 Solar Partial
South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica
15 May / 16 May 2022 Lunar Total
South/West Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
25 Oct 2022 Solar Partial
Europe, South/West Asia, North/East Africa, Atlantic
8 Nov 2022 Lunar Total
North/East Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica

2023
20 Apr 2023 Solar Total
South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
5 May / 6 May 2023 Lunar Penumbral
South/East Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
14 Oct 2023 Solar Annular
West in Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
28 Oct / 29 Oct 2023 Lunar Partial
Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, North/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica

2024
24 Mar / 25 Mar 2024 Lunar Penumbral
South/West Europe, East in Asia, Much of Australia, Much of Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctica
8 Apr 2024 Solar Total
West in Europe, North America, North in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
17 Sep / 18 Sep 2024 Lunar Partial
Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
2 Oct 2024 Solar Annular
Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica

Biggest Moon Myths for the 'Supermoon' Total Lunar Eclipse

Some of these myths are simple misconceptions, such as the notion that the moon is perfectly round (it's not), or that it lacks gravity (all celestial bodies exert some gravitational force). Other myths are more conspiracy-oriented, such as the idea that the Apollo moon landings were faked.

Myth 1: The supermoon eclipse heralds the end of the world

"Throughout human history, people have always thought that things in the sky that they didn't understand were either signs of apocalypse or good luck, or the gods were angry or pleased," Noble said. "Lunar tetrads are simply the result of orbital dynamics and geometry — no need to invoke the supernatural or the end of the world."

Myth 2: The moon grows larger during moonrise

Supermoons can appear 30 percent brighter and up to 14 percent larger than typical full moons. Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this Space.com infographic.

Rather, the reason the moon looks larger near the horizon is due to an optical effect known as the Ponzo illusion.

"The human mind judges an object's size based on its background," Noble said. "We think of things on the horizon as being further away from us, so our brains fool us into thinking the moon must be bigger."

Myth 3: The moon has a 'dark side'

As the moon orbits Earth, it keeps one face perpetually turned toward the planet. This fact has prompted some to refer to the distant lunar hemisphere as the "dark side" of the moon, as popularized by a 1973 Pink Floyd album of the same name. However, this label is false, because during the new-moon phase, when the surface pointed toward Earth is all but unseen, the "dark" hemisphere is pointed toward the sun.

While lunar "back side" is acceptable, "far side" is the preferred term among scientists, said Sarah Noble, who served as program scientist for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission, which ended in April 2014 when the orbiter intentionally crashed into the surface of the moon.

Several missions have orbited the moon and provided a great deal of information about the far side. Most recently, NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has obtained imagery and topography of the entire moon, including the far side.

Myth 4: The moon has no gravity

Freewheeling astronauts on the moon may give observers the idea that Earth's companion has no gravity, but that would be false. Everything with mass has gravity, and the strength of an object's gravitational field is determined by its mass.

The moon is much less massive than Earth; the Apollo astronauts who explored its surface experienced gravity just 17 percent as strong as that of their home planet.

Smaller objects, such as asteroids and Mars' tiny moons Phobos and Deimos, have much weaker gravity still.

Myth 5: 'The man in the moon' 

Many people claim to see "the man in the moon" on the lunar surface. On the near side, lava flowed from volcanoes that were active from one to four billion years ago into craters and basins created by impacts, forming dark regions called "mare."

"Because of a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia, humans tend to interpret patters as familiar things, particularly faces, so we see the man in the moon," 

Pointed out that other cultures see a rabbit rather than a human face, inspiring the name for the recent Chinese lander, Yutu, which means "Jade Rabbit." The rabbit was mentioned during the Apollo 11 landing in 1969, when the following conversation took place between mission control in Houston and Michael Collins, the astronaut who remained in the lunar orbiter:

Myth 6: Humans didn't actually land on the moon

Noble said the most common myth she is asked about is the idea that the Apollo missions never landed on the moon. Naysayers claim that the necessary technology did not exist to make such a trip possible in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Noble said she normally responds to these claims by pointing to her research looking at the rocks and soils returned by the Apollo astronauts, and how they differ from terrestrial rocks.

But modern lunar missions have helped to provide further evidence for the historic missions.

"Another great response is the images from LRO that actually show the footprints and flags we left behind," 

Ref:

https://www.google.com.sa

 http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse

http://www.space.com