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The blood moon on 27th of July, 2018, Jari Saukkonen

The blood moon on 27th of July, 2018

The blood moon on 27th of July, 2018, Jari Saukkonen

The blood moon on 27th of July, 2018

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As I headed to observe the lunar eclipse from a local hilltop I was expecting the company of maybe dozen others. When I arrived there were already fifty people present, with more climbing the stairs in an endless stream. In the end several hundred people gathered there – a warm Friday night during the peak holiday season and some prior media coverage did its job. The mood was light and music was playing – kinda reminds me of observing the solar eclipse in the USA a year back.

Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate until half of the totality had passed. But that didn’t bother much, the red moon was an impressive sight and the tipsy crowd started to cheer when the moon made its first appearance. ISS also made a flyby but unfortunately the moon was behind clouds at the time.

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The blood moon on 27th of July, 2018, Jari Saukkonen