Were you able to see Friday’s Blood Moon Eclipse? On Friday 27 July, photographers around the world prepared their lenses on the night sky as they try tried to capture the longest, reddest and most exciting total lunar eclipse for decades: the weird phenomenon known as a Blood Moon. 
For over an hour, the moon turned a clear orangey-red colour for lucky sky-gazers in Europe, Africa and Asia. Compared to the flash-in-the-pan occurrence of a total solar eclipse, an exciting lunar eclipse like this is a gift to photograph, as far as you have a moderate zoom lens.
But if you didn’t have the photography skills to capture it to your satisfaction, we have dug out the top three dumbfounding blood moon images you can download today.
Check the out below...
01. Blood Moon Gradient
You may have seen a partial lunar eclipse before: the full moon becomes much duller, and therefore easier to photograph. But it's only during a total lunar eclipse such as the blood moon on which occurred on 27th of July that the moon turns red, as it moves into the darkest part of the Earth's shadow.
It's a look-alike of a sunset being red, because the light has to travel through a lot of atmosphere before reaching our eyes. During a total lunar eclipse, sunlight is bent through the Earth’s atmosphere and onto the moon.
As the moon enters the earth's shadow, the edge takes on a pinky-orangey-brown hue before the whole face slowly turns red, and then fades out again as the eclipse ends.
02. Blood moon with landscape
In the United Kingdom, the blood moon will be low in the sky – making interesting landscape compositions possible. While a total solar eclipse is only clear for a few minutes and from a particular area of the planet only, a total lunar eclipse can be seen from the entire night side of the planet.
While the blood moon on 27 July 2018 was seen from Europe, Africa and Asia. It was in different stages and positions in the night sky. Had clouds not covered Unite Kingdom views, for instance, United Kingdom observers would have missed the first 20 minutes of whole, and the blood moon would already be in red as it came into view at 8:49pm.
The optimistic side of this is that the blood moon would have been low enough in the sky to be captured as part of an interesting composition.
03. Blood moon in a Closer view
This last blood moon image perfectly captures the second immediately after the whole phase, with the bright highlight at the top left and stark, moody shadow at the bottom right adding a satisfyingly three-dimensional feel to the image.
This kind of astonishing close-up shot demands the perfect combination of high-end photographic equipment, sharp-edged creative skills and years of professional experience – not to mention the perfect timing and atmospheric conditions.
If you imagine your chances at achieving that perfect balance, you'll find top tips to photograph the blood moon over at Digital Camera World.
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