Stunning lunar event is out of this world – Riverine Herald

Lunar events bring out stargazers and photographers, including Rene Martens, who braved the cold to photograph this week’s lunar eclipse over Winton Wetlands near Benalla.Observable in Australia on average once every 2.8 years, lunar eclipses occur when the moon moves into the shadow of the Earth.
During a lunar eclipse, light refracted onto the moon by Earth’s atmosphere transforms the moon into a deep red colour.
This natural phenomenon was best viewed from the east coast of Australia on May…

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