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Vancouver pictures of the #SuperBloodMoon resulting from lunar eclipse

by Charlie Smith on September 28th, 2015 at 6:52 AM
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      Thousands of Vancouverites were camped under the stars last night to catch what's being called #SuperBloodMoon over Twitter.

      It was a perigee full moon, which means the moon could be viewed as a complete circle at a time when its orbit came closest to Earth.

      What made all of this extraordinary is that it was accompanied by a lunar eclipse, which occur about twice a year.

      "For more than an hour, Earth’s shadow swallows up the moon as the planet comes between the sun and the moon," NASA stated on its website.

      Below, you can see images that have passed around over social media.

      https://instagram.com/p/8KjJCrPPk8
      https://instagram.com/p/8KeFoRwchM/?taken-by=vanexusphotography
      https://instagram.com/p/8Kd4vyNm_y
      https://instagram.com/p/8KLxMnilom
      https://instagram.com/p/8KJi9GFp_D
      https://instagram.com/p/8KcJe7n7ud
      https://instagram.com/p/8KVnvzlpzW

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