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Second lunar eclipse of year above Madrid

MADRID, Spain (Reuters) — The second lunar eclipse of the year was seen around Madrid’s “Four Towers” skyscrapers on Monday (August 7) evening at the moment the moon rose and the sun set. Due to the eclipse the moon acquired a reddish brown color that lasted two hours and slowly receded afterwards. The effect is generated when the sun, earth and moon become aligned and the moon crosses the shadow projected by the earth which […]