# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmsWfDo9Qi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73498661-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b09934c545.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-08-23T14:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

A blood moon happens when the Earth's moon is in a total lunar eclipse.

This lunar event happens when the moon is fully in Earth's shadow, and the light from the our sunrises/sunsets falls onto the moon's surface, giving it a red twinge.

#EarthCapture by ricky_goodyear_photography
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#universe #space #astrology #planets #bbcearth #science #earthlovers #astronomy #moon #bloodmoon #sun #bbcearthlab #lunaeclipse

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## Tags

earthlovers, lunaeclipse, astronomy, bbcearth, sun, science, earthcapture, astrology, planets, universe, space, moon, bbcearthlab, bloodmoon

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