Photos: See the 'blood moon' eclipse

The moon turns orange
The 'blood moon' turns an orange hue during a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in the sky above Phoeni, Ariz.
Ross D. Franklin/AP

Sky gazers the world over are craning their necks in an effort to get a glimpse of the total eclipse of the moon -- the first visible from North America since 2010. This eclipse was a "blood moon," which looks the color of a desert sunset because of filtered light seeping around the Earth and reflecting off the moon's surface.

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