DID you see the spectacular blood moon and eclipse last night?
Mark Whitcutt sent us these pictures
Here's another blood moon/eclipse shot from Richey Edwards in Cwmbran:
Angeline Tshiyane took these shots from Pill:
@DerekTheWeather @EventsNewport @southwalesargus my attempt at photographing the bloodmoon with my S5 - Pillgwenlly pic.twitter.com/WaONvV2Bsv
— Angeline Tshiyane (@angietshiyane) September 28, 2015
Here's a cracking picture from John Burns of the blood moon through the Millennium Bridge in Newport:
Tonights #SuperBloodMoon viewed through the Millenium walkway bridge in #Newport with @Sdwilliams72 #cold pic.twitter.com/07O7Hj1twM
— John (@John__Burns) September 28, 2015
Blood moon over South Wales #bloodmoon pic.twitter.com/uybSuCFMwy
— Mark Lewis (@MarkLewisPhotos) September 28, 2015
Here is a shot from Helen Vaughan-Jones of the moon over Newport.
Here's a shot reader Thomas Winstone of Well Street in Brynmawr sent us overnight.
Send your photos to newsdesk@southwalesargus.co.uk
Super Red Moon at 04:00 in Caerphilly, South Wales. pic.twitter.com/zm2llBnmrr
— Frank (@Conroy040) September 28, 2015
@KathJenkins the blood moon over Ebbw vale South Wales X pic.twitter.com/vWA2DcvjEY
— Darren Williams Mbe (@DarrenMbe) September 28, 2015
The phenomenon was last seen in Britain 30 years ago and Nasa say there won’t be another one until 2033. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with its closest approach to the Earth, which makes it appear very large in the sky.
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