The total lunar eclipse has left a spectacular image in Lanzarote, which has been captured in Costa Teguise. Two neighbors, Stefan Fehlau and Lucas, have taken the photograph that accompanies this news between 7:00 and 7:15 a.m. this Tuesday. "We wanted to share it," they explain.
The total lunar eclipse inaugurates a period known as "four blood moons", a succession of total eclipses that are characterized by the red color acquired by the natural satellite. The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands explains on its website that lunar eclipses occur when our satellite passes through the Earth's shadow.
This does not happen every month, because the Moon's orbit is inclined with respect to the Earth's. Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are visible from anywhere in the world, once the Moon is above the horizon at the time of the eclipse.
This Tuesday the total lunar eclipse has occurred, which has been seen from all over the American continent and the Atlantic Ocean. However, the partial lunar eclipse has only been visible in Europe from the Canary Islands, until the Moon has set over the western horizon, coinciding with sunrise.
