Best Night Sky Photos of the Week: April 19, 2014

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Lunar Eclipse Seen in Colorado at Thalimer Observatory

Todd Thalimer

Astrophotographer Todd Thalimer sent in a close-up of the lunar eclipse taken from his observatory in Elizabeth, Colorado, on April 15, 2014. [See More Amazing Photos of the April 15 Total Lunar Eclipse]

'Blood Moon' Multi-Frame Composite Image

NASA (via Flickr as NASA: 2Explore)

From open prairie land on the 1625-acre Johnson Space Center site in Houston, a JSC photographer took this multi-frame composite image of the so-called "Blood Moon" lunar eclipse in the early hours of April 15. [See More Amazing Photos of the April 15 Total Lunar Eclipse]

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