Video: Stunning Lunar Eclipse
The eclipse was rather quick. It lasted about 5 minutes. But the reddish effects lasted over three hours.
A lunar eclipse is when a full moon passes through Earth's shadow. This generates a dark shade of red on the Moon's surface, sometimes referred to as a "blood" moon.
The red is caused by sunlight that is bent through the Earth's atmosphere and shines on the Moon's surface. Basically, the Moon sees all of the sunrises and sunsets from around the world at once.
More information about Saturday morning's lunar eclipse:
Partial eclipse was be visible from 3:16 a.m. to 6:45 a.m.
Total eclipse was visible from 4:58 a.m. to 5:03 a.m.
This was the shortest total lunar eclipse of the century, lasting only 5 minutes.
Areas along the West Coast were the only places in the contiguous United States to see the full eclipse.
This is the third lunar eclipse in the past year visible in America. The others were on October 8 and April 1.
The next one is on September 28.
Short but sweet: Five minute lunar eclipse... by euronews-en
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