In de nacht van maandag op dinsdag zullen de zon, de aarde en de maan perfect op één lijn staan. Dat zorgt ervoor dat er een volledige maansverduistering zal plaatsvinden. In België zullen we er niet veel van merken, maar de maansverduistering is wel helemaal live op het internet te volgen.
Doordat aarde, zon en maan op één lijn staan, zal de maan volledig in de schaduw van de aarde komen te liggen. Door die maansverduistering zal de maan veranderen van kleur; van oranje tot rood, donkerbruin en grijs. Vooral in Amerika en Canada zullen ze hier van kunnen genieten. De maansverduistering start wanneer het bij ons 7 uur ’s ochtends is, waardoor die in België (en de rest van Europa) niet zichtbaar is.
Maar ook wij kunnen de maansverduistering volgen: de NASA zendt namelijk alles live uit op het internet.
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De maansverduistering is op zijn hoogtepunt en zorg dat de maan een bloedrode kleur heeft. In Nederland is de maansverduistering niet te zien.
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Een totale maansverduistering met een bloedrode maan heeft vannacht menigtes naar de ruimte turende mensen op de been gebracht. In de Amerikaanse stad Los Angeles zijn duizenden geïnteresseerden naar het Griffith Observatorium gekomen. Hele families keken daar midden in de nacht op kleedjes op het gras met telescopen naar het zeldzame schouwspel.
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Ed Krupp, directeur van het observatorium, was opgetogen. 'Iedereen kijkt altijd maar naar beneden, naar iPhones of iPads. Wij willen dat ze naar boven kijken. Als je opkijkt, zie je een heel andere wereld'.
Het is de eerste volledige maansverduistering van 2014. Het fenomeen is te zien in grote delen van Noord- en Zuid-Amerika.
Een maansverduistering ontstaat als de zon, de aarde en de maan op één lijn staan. De aarde staat dan tussen de zon en de maan, waardoor het zonlicht niet op de maan valt.
De rode kleur heeft de maan te danken aan het rode licht van zonsopgang en -ondergang op de wereld dat de maan indirect nog wel bereikt.
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Extremely rare: It's only the third time the chance alignment has occurred in 500 years
Blood moon rising: The opening stages of one of the world's rarest astrological events
Set alight: as the Lunar eclipse continued, it appeared as though the moon was being illuminated from within
Captivating: Stargazers the world over were transfixed by the rare event
Beautiful: The moment was most visible across North and South America, like here above the Independence Monument in Mexico City
El Salvador del Mundo Monument in San Salvador, El Salvador
Fireball: The lunar eclipse over the Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial in Brasilia
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A bad omen? Some Christians were concerned that the strange celestial event (pictured) could mark the start of terrible events and drew on a passage from the Bible that says: 'The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord comes'
Phases: Although lunar eclipses happen multiple times in a year during a full moon, this eclipse is a particularly unusual viewing opportunity for North America. This composite image shows the transition during the total lunar eclipse from the bottom left-hand corner to the top left
The moon is seen as it nears a total lunar eclipse in Venice, California. People across North ad South America were able to witness the first of four in a rare Tetrad of eclipses over the next two years
An airliner crosses the moon's path above Whittier, California approximately one hour before the total lunar eclipse, which some people believe signifies the beginning of a number of significant religious event
Taking in the view: Astronomers in North and South America are thought to be viewing the blood moon from 2.06 EST (7.06 GMT) to around 4.24 EST (9.24 GMT). Here, people watch the 'blood moon' rising over the water in Melbourne, Australia
No show: The total eclipse is visible over most of North America, but not in most of Europe, Africa and Asia, as explained by this map
The unusual alignment of the sun, Earth and Mars happened a week before the beginning of the astrological event that some believe is associated with the end of the world
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- A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in the shadow of Earth. This is an area known as the umbra, where light from the sun is blocked by our planet.
- The light refracts differently in the atmosphere and, as it hits the moon, it appears red.
- This gives rise to its ‘blood red’ appearance during a total eclipse, when the entire moon is in shadow. If it skirts the shadow, known as a partial or penumbral eclipse, the effect is less dramatic.
- When the moon first enters the Earth's partial shadow, know as the penumbra, a dark shadow begins to creep across the moon.
- This gives the illusion that the moon is changing phases in a matter of minutes instead of weeks.
- At the eclipse's peak, the moon enters the Earth's full shadow; the umbra.
- At this stage, the Earth's atmosphere scatters the sun's red visible light; the same process that turns the sky red at sunset.
- As a result, the red light reflects off the moon's surface, casting a reddish rust hue over it.
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The Earth's shadow is cast over the surface of the moon as a total lunar eclipse is seen though a Magnolia tree top in the sky over Tyler, Texas at 2:57 CDT on Tuesday morning, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
Earth's shadow partially covers the moon toward the end of a total lunar eclipse Tuesday, April 15, 2014, as seen from the Milwaukee area. Tuesday's eclipse is the first of four total lunar eclipses that will take place between 2014 to 2015. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)
The moon glows a red hue over the Goddess of Liberty statue atop the Capitol in Austin, Texas, during a total lunar eclipse Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Tuesday's eclipse is the first of four total lunar eclipses that will take place between 2014 to 2015. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT
The moon glows a red hue during a total lunar eclipse Tuesday, April 15, 2014, as seen from the Milwaukee area. Tuesday's eclipse is the first of four total lunar eclipses that will take place between 2014 to 2015. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)
This composite photo shows multiple images of the moon during the stages of a lunar eclipse, as seen from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Woods)
The moon glows a red hue during a total lunar eclipse Tuesday, April 15, 2014, as seen from the Billings, Mont., area. Tuesday's eclipse is the first of four total lunar eclipses that will take place between 2014 to 2015. (AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, Bob Zellar)
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