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Supermoon Eclipse: Pictures from South Africans
Sky-watchers in South Africa were treated to a rare astronomical event: A supermoon reddened in the early hours of Monday morning – a so-called blood moon. South Africans took to various platforms to showcase their pictures.
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#supermoon as soon from near Guymon Oklahoma. #LSMwx pic.twitter.com/hE7ecWtvFN
— Trevor Leeper (@trevorleeper) September 28, 2015
The last super blood moon, only the fifth recorded since 1900, was in 1982, according to the US space agency NASA, and the next will not be until 2033.
Read more on the supermoon here.