Haunting photos from Chicago's super blood moon eclipse

On Sunday, Chicago was greeted by a huge looming specter, hanging red in the night sky: the super blood moon. Then, shortly after appearing, the blood moon was eclipsed—starting at about 8pm, the moon was behind a sheen of clouds, shrouded in an eerie darkness that crept over its blood-red face. Around 10pm, the redness began to fade and a black curtain was pulled across its surface, once again revealing the gray-white moon we're used to.

Despite the mild cloud cover, the cosmic event that hadn't occurred in several decades was still visible in Chicago, especially for the latter half. Chicagoans managed to take advantage of the prime photo opportunity and pull off some seriously rad shots of what for many could be a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.

 

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A video posted by Joshua Mellin (@joshmellin) on Sep 27, 2015 at 11:22pm PDT

 

A photo posted by Tatyana (@tat_ventures) on Sep 28, 2015 at 6:07am PDT

 

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A photo posted by Paul Stebner (@p.stebner) on Sep 28, 2015 at 3:41am PDT

 

A photo posted by Leo Patracon (@leopatracon) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:59pm PDT

 

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A photo posted by James 阿弟 (@atdee) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:09pm PDT

 

A photo posted by Art Mrockowski (@artmro) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:25pm PDT

 

A photo posted by Jay Burckhardt (@jujojumphigher) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:34pm PDT

 

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A photo posted by molly (@molmiller) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:13pm PDT

Until next time...!

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— Hagoune (@rumpeltux) September 28, 2015