Sky watchers in the Americas and Asia were treated to a lunar eclipse on Wednesday, a celestial show that bathed the moon in a reddish tint to create a ‘blood moon’. During the total lunar eclipse, light beams into Earth’s shadow, filling it with a coppery glow that gives it a red hue.

The early phase of the eclipse began at 0800 GMT.

The eclipse is the second of four total lunar eclipses, which started with a first ‘blood moon’ on April 15, in a series astronomers call a tetrad.

The next two total lunar eclipses will be on April 4 and September 28 of next year.

The last time a tetrad took place was in 2003-2004, with the next predicted for 2032-2033. In total, the 21st century will see eight tetrads.