A total lunar eclipse wowed viewers around the world this week and in one timelapse video, it can be seen dramatically cutting the light of the night sky to such a degree that the Milky Way suddenly bursts into view.
The All-sky camera at @GeminiObs South got a pretty good view of the Lunar eclipse last night!
The total lunar eclipse occurred on a full moon, which normally would make for an extra-bright night and therefore poor for seeing the Milky Way through the natural light pollution.
The eclipse was the longest total lunar eclipse visible from the Americas since 1989 and also happened to coincide with a “supermoon,” which occurs when the Moon is at its nearest point to Earth!
A camera stationed at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile also captured a remarkable picture of the Milky Way galaxy with the lunar eclipse visible in the frame as a large red orb
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