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Watch This Cool Time-Lapse Of The Blood Moon

By  Jean Trinh
Published Oct 7, 2014 11:00 PM
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We don't blame you if you couldn't bring yourself to get out of bed at 3:25 a.m. this morning to check out the second and bigger blood moon of the year. For those who missed out on it, we've got you covered with this stunning NASA TV time-lapse of the copper red blood moon.

This blood moon was expected to be 5.3 percent larger than the one we had in April. The moon gets a reddish hue when the earth moves between the sun and the moon, causing light to spread out to different points from the planet's sunrises and sunsets and bounce onto the moon's surface.

Don't be too sad if you missed this one because we'll be getting two more blood moons this year—on April 4, 2015 and Sept. 28, 2015.

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