Compressed Video Shows Full Lunar Eclipse

Stargazers in parts of Asia, the United States and the south Pacific witnessed the shortest lunar eclipse of the century on April 4, with the moon glowing red for an estimated duration of five minutes, earning the nickname “blood moon”. According to a report from Sky and Telescope, the red glow is as a result of sunlight that “skimmed and bent through Earth’s atmosphere”.

This video shows the full eclipse from the penumbral eclipse at 2:01am to the end of totality, when the moon emerges from shadow, at 5:02 am. The duration has been stabilized and compressed into one minute. The video is shot from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Livestream/Griffith Observatory