'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 8, 2014 (Photos)

Lunar Eclipse and Capitol Dome

Caroline Angelo

Astrophotographer Caroline Angelo sent in a photo of the Oct. 8, 2014, lunar eclipse as seen from east side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Read the full story.

Lunar Eclipse Composite Image

Paige Leigh Smock

Astrophotographer Paige Leigh Smock sent in a composite image of the lunar eclipse of Oct. 8, 2014. Location unidentified. Read the full story.

Georgia Lunar Eclipse

Katie Whitman

This photo, taken from Georgia, shows a stunning, red total lunar eclipse behind a water tower in Georgia. Read the Full Story.

Lunar Eclipse and Clouds

Scott Gauer

Clouds in Pennsylvania frame this image of the total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014. Read the Full Story.

California Blood Moon

Thomas Warloe

Stars speckle this image of the "blood moon" in California. Read the Full Story.

Total Lunar Eclipse and Uranus

Greg Diesel

This image shows the small dot of Uranus beneath the red-glowing total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014. Read the Full Story.

Lunar Eclipse and Washington Monument

Richard Barnhill

This photo shows the total lunar eclipse above the skyline of Washington D.C. The Washington Monument is on the left.

Blood Moon of October 2014 Lunar Eclipse

NASA/MSFC via Griffith Observatory

A "blood moon" shines in this view of the total lunar eclipse of Oct. 8, 2014 in this view from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. The moon's reddish hue during a total lunar eclipse is the result of light scattering in Earth's atmosphere. Read the Full Story.

Lunar Eclipse from Adler Planetarium: Oct. 8, 2014

Adler Planetarium

The moon is seen in mid-eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014 in this photo from the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. The image was captured at 4:50 a.m. CDT as the moon neared the peak of a total lunar eclipse, the second of 2014. Read the Full Story.

Moon Near Total Eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014

NASA/MSFC via Griffith Observatory

The moon nears the peak of a total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014 in this view from Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. Read the Full Story.

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