How to Watch Tonight’s Blood Moon Rising Across North America

A blood moon will be visible over many parts of the country tonight.

If you’re loony about lunar events, you'll be excited to hear that there’s a <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015">blood moon</a> rising tonight - or early Wednesday morning to be exact. Blood moons are caused by light reflecting off the Earth’s surface during a full moon eclipse - and the one taking place in the wee hours of Wednesday morning is the second of <a href="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html">four eclipses</a> happening this year. According to <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/07/354282155/blood-moon-eclipse-to-be-visible-throughout-u-s">NPR</a>, the eclipse will be visible across North America – but will be seen best by those in the central and western parts of the continent....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/how-to-watch-the-blood-moon-rising-across-north-america-tonight/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

The Griffith Observatory overlooks Los Angeles, and it is a great place for photos. This was in early January, just after sunset, with beautiful color in the sky. ISO 100, 28mm, f18, 6sec. I set up the tripod and kept shooting hoping that there would be a gap in the crowds leaving before the light completely disappeared. This is as good as it got.