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Rare lunar eclipse offers glimpse of ‘super blue blood moon’

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Many parts of the globe may catch a glimpse Wednesday of a giant crimson moon, thanks to a rare lunar trifecta that combines a blue moon, a super moon and a total eclipse. The spectacle, which NASA has coined a “super blue blood moon,” will grace the pre-dawn skies in the western United States, as the moon crosses into the shadow of the Earth […]