eclipse of the supermoon
THE SOLAR WIND IS COMING: A hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth, and spewing a stream of solar wind in our direction. Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms and polar auroras are possible when the gaseous material arrives on Jan. 23rd. Aurora Alerts: SMS text, email.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUPERMOON: Tonight's full Moon was unusually big and strangely colorful.
Millions of people on five continents watched as the supermoon
passed through the shadow of our planet, turning the gray lunar disk
coppery-red. Richard Bell sends this picture of totality from
Kalamazoo, Michigan:
The shadow crossing occurred within 14 hours of perigee,
the Moon's closest approach to Earth. This made the Moon a
"supermoon," almost 8% wider and 16% brighter than an average full
Moon. Browse our realtime photo gallery for the latest images of a truly
super lunar eclipse.
spaceweather.com
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