00:02A total lunar eclipse has been underway in Perth with the viewing of a blood moon lasting about
00:07an hour. The event will be Australia's last lunar eclipse until 2029. Stargazers here in Kings Park
00:15and other vantage points across Australia are seeing the moon transform from its normal neutral
00:20colour to a warm reddish hue. A total lunar eclipse happens when the earth lines up perfectly
00:26between the moon and the sun blocking the sun's light and casting a shadow onto the moon. Clouds
00:32washed out last year's eclipse so the last time people saw a blood moon here in WA was back in
00:392022. Tonight we've seen hundreds of people gathered here in the park with cameras to try and capture
00:45the event including a group of stargazers educating budding astronomers. Perth is said to have some of
00:51the clearest skies in the country to spot events like the blood moon. We spoke to some of the
00:57stargazers earlier here's some of what they had to say. And we can show them craters up close all
01:05these really lovely lunar features so they really get up close and learn a lot more detail. One of
01:11my big passions around astronomy is sharing it with people so to be here at Kings Park to be able
01:16to
01:16share this with so many adults and kids. I love watching it because when I went to Broome last
01:23year we saw it over there and then that was so nice. The whole lunar eclipse process takes roughly
01:29three and a half hours giving people here plenty of time to take in the night sky.
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