Author: Jeremy Candelas

Unless you’re completely disconnected from social media (and live under a rock), you know that last night’s sky featured a super blood moon. For those of you who never took Astronomy 1101, the special sight occurs only once every few decades, when a lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon orbiting especially close to Earth. Some have interpreted this rare occurrence as an impending sign of the apocalypse (which, in the midst of prelims, some might actually be hoping for). For most of us, it was just a pretty neat occurrence to watch. A very lucky few may have even managed to upload a decent Insta (while the rest of the student population helplessly tried to zoom in on our iPhones without losing the moon in the frame). Just incase you missed last night’s spectacle, here’s how it all went down.

Like everyone else, we couldn’t wait to see the Big Red moon. Chilling on the Slope with popcorn in hand (or outside Olin among the masses and artificial light), we were ready for the almost-once-in-a-lifetime experience that would absolutely blow our minds.

Slowly but surely, the earth’s shadow began to cast over the moon and the anticipation set in. “This is it!” the voice inside us began to shout. Students grabbed their friends to come outside and join as the total eclipse approached.

Despite the clouds, everyone seems to think they got some pretty killer shots of the moon last night. And by that we mean that our Instagrams were cluttered with low-quality pictures of what seemed to be a flake of dandruff. Our Snapstories, too. Oh, cool, twenty 5-second variations of a white blob.

For those of you with real cameras, thank you for allowing a small amount of redeeming photo quality to find its way into our timelines.

Before we knew it, the spectacle was over. If you managed to catch it, you know it was an amazing display of nature. If you didn’t, it’s not the end of the world (or is it?). The last time this lunar spectacle occurred was in 1982, but you won’t have to wait quite as long for its next appearance. Mark your calendars now: the next time a supermoon lunar eclipse occurs is 2033.