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Credit & Copyright: Zhou Yannan
Explanation:
As the Moon rose and
the Sun set on October 8,
a lunar eclipse was in progress seen from
Chongqing, China.
Trailing through
this composite time exposure, the rising Moon began as a
dark reddened disk in total eclipse near the eastern horizon.
Steadily climbing above the populous city's colorful
lights
along the Yangtze River, the moontrail grows brighter and broader,
until a bright Full Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow in
evening skies.
Although lunar eclipses are not always total ones,
this eclipse, along with last April's
lunar eclipse, were the first two of four consecutive total
lunar eclipses,
a series
known as a tetrad.
The final two eclipses of this tetrad will occur in early April
and late September 2015.
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