A beautiful, reddened Moon slid through dark skies
on April 15, completely immersed in Earth's shadow
for well over an hour. It
was the year's first total lunar eclipse and was widely
enjoyed over the planet's Western Hemisphere. Seen from the Caribbean island
of Barbados, the dimmed lunar disk is captured during totality in
this colorful skyview. The dark Moon's red color contrasts nicely with bright
bluish star Spica, alpha star of the constellation
Virgo, posing only about two degrees away. Brighter than Spica and about 10
degrees from the Moon on the right, Mars is near
opposition and closest approach to Earth. The Red Planet's own ruddy hue
seems to echo the color of the eclipsed Moon.
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