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'Blood moon' dazzles skygazers in century's longest eclipse

'Blood moon' dazzles skygazers in century's longest eclipse

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-blood-moon-dazzles-skygazers-century.html

Beside Lake Magadi, 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, young members of the Maasai community watched the eclipse through a high-powered telescope provided by a local couple.

"Until today I thought Mars, Jupiter and the other planets were in the imagination of scientists," Purity Sailepo, 16, told AFP.

'Blood moon' dazzles skygazers in century's longest eclipse

Jul 28, 2018, 11:14am UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-blood-moon-dazzles-skygazers-century.html > Beside Lake Magadi, 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, young members of the Maasai community watched the eclipse through a high-powered telescope provided by a local couple. > "Until today I thought Mars, Jupiter and the other planets were in the imagination of scientists," Purity Sailepo, 16, told AFP.