PHOTOS: Last night's supermoon eclipse
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<p>Rare is an understatement for what happened Sunday night.&nbsp;</p><p>Not only was there a supermoon, but it coincided with a lunar eclipse. What are these two phenomena exactly?&nbsp;</p><p>A supermoon is a full moon at its closest approach to earth. A blood moon occurs when a lunar eclipse gives the moon a red tint.</p><p>There have only been six supermoon lunar eclipses since 1900, and the next won&#39;t appear until 2033.&nbsp;</p><p>If you missed it, don&#39;t worry. There&#39;s still plenty of amazing astronomy to go around in the meantime.&nbsp;</p><p>Including NASA&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-mars-mystery-solved" target="_blank">major discovery</a>&nbsp;from Mars, which will be announced on Monday.&nbsp;</p><p><i>This video includes images from&nbsp;</i><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/" target="_blank"><i>Getty Images</i></a><i>,&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rarvesen/21750963236/in/photolist-z94nzw-zaLqgm-yUbNUU-zcCXFt-yUhwq8-yeLYEf-z9uAdN-z9uzKy-yUcCRo-yUhApa-zaLqAQ-yee518-piM4YH-z95rQ3-yTs4Rx-yTs6DR-z8DWYJ-ydWFs5-yTmkaG-zaY9Cr-yTniBh-z8Ec23-ydWtKh-yTmw7w-ydWCrq-yTmpe3-yTs7JX-yTskKr-z9W84b-yTmqRG-z9XBA9-zabDTQ-zc6SoX-ySC3u9-ye7wsk-zbPY58-yecauj-zaftyy-yUbhXQ-yUhCiF-yekDv2-yTBSkq-zaTg4x-zb3K8k-z8FD2Y-yTBS2Q-zabDJw-z8FEx3-z91CYy-zc7VjV" target="_blank"><i>Ralph Arvesen / CC BY 2.0</i></a><i>,&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/deejayqueue/21782297191/in/photolist-zbPY58-yecauj-zaftyy-yUbhXQ-yUhCiF-yekDv2-yTBSkq-zaTg4x-zb3K8k-z8FD2Y-yTBS2Q-zabDJw-z8FEx3-z91CYy-zc7VjV-zabEsq-yekCYR-zaGWdy-yeSoMx-zczGyk-zaHcBu-z9rQf1-yUet9V-zczSE2-yUevgv-yU8CG5-zaH6KQ-yU95VN-zbJZYc-zaGSoj-z9rNF9-z9raoo-zczpUP-yU8ZoW-zcA2nH-yeHusu-yeSqtD-z9rdbh-yeSA6p-zaGYR9-yeSs8a-yeHTWo-yU9nJ5-yeSvvn-yeSx7D-yUe5J4-z9rMqy-yeJ6yb-z9rnVs-zaHgtY" target="_blank"><i>deejayqueue / CC BY SA 2.0</i></a><i>,&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenationalguard/5283899169/in/photolist-93Vn8P-n8ssuW-zbvbat-zaEMKZ-4zWHbr-9dmUEF-97NBbT-9U47mC-4tuY8D-9dmUzP-9dmTE8-97NBsM-9dmVmV-9dq1gJ-9dmUXg-z9CUMG-z8mWNC-zaEPmV-93z83Q-z8mWQb-yT9Zdt-4zWGiH-CdnDq-pAXhk9-4zWGiP-4zWGik-4zWGia-4A1Pyw-4A1Py9-4zWGiB-4A1Pyj-4zWHbc-4A1Pyf-4A1Py3-4A1Pyq-aTee9Z-93yUmf-Cd1Y2-Cdnyx-r19ky7-4tz1Jm-4tuXWa-4tz1CJ-4tz2hy-4tuXyH-4tuYsR-pxAvcL-pB82Z8-9U1dri-2WpjGc" target="_blank"><i>The National Guard / CC BY 2.0</i></a><i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tacitrequiem/9121824942/in/photolist-eU4JKQ-bUj5go-eUa8dS-oFNHws-eUdaj6-9rEXQn-bU4hSZ-9rydX7-9rPBWn-o2fenw-oD8yzo-eUnYtB-eTjgnP-bEGHu7-eTW28i-opb9CW-eTYpRi-eTYoVF-eTYn1Z-oFJ2Qv-f9TDJA-bUbGgi-9rEFMo-9rQ4es-oEA8ys-oWK6T8-oGLdYn-bTVPXM-yTEGV7-9rBJrk-ooFjKB-9r4RzF-oDisDW-oD2NS3-oEWLPm-9s9PyY-ettJQ4-zbcnmr-9rF1Va-yTzfX7-oRshVj-bEDqCb-f9TDFA-yeiS6M-yTzgjQ-eTojPp-oJ4vpJ-yTFuCa-ojmuDo-yeiSG6" target="_blank"><i>tacit requiem (joanneQEscober ) / CC BY 2.0.jpg.&nbsp;</i></a></p>
Posted at 10:10 AM, Sep 28, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-28 11:10:47-04
Did the clouds block your view of the last total lunar eclipse until 2033?
Don't worry. We have you covered.
We went through Facebook and Twitter searching for the best images of the super blood moon last night, and this is what we found.
Enjoy!
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