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Blood Moon: 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse

The 'Blood Moon' rises over the water in Wlliamstown on April 15, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

The ‘Blood Moon’ rises over the water in Wlliamstown on April 15, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Around 5 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on Tuesday, people across two continents tried their best to witness and take photos of the first total Lunar Eclipse in 2014.

This is the first total Lunar Eclipse since December 10, 2011 and the first in the north hemisphere since December 21, 2010.

Cameramen took their chances to take beautiful photos of the ‘blood moon’.

Here are some photos from around the world…

23 Years Old Boeing 737 Airliner Crashed at Kazan, Russia

A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday at Kazan, Russia killing all 50 passengers on board.

Flight U363 took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport at 6:25 pm (1425 GMT) and crashed just over an hour later, emergency officials said.

It is said that the plane was 23 years old.

Reuters reported that, flights to and from the airport were halted until midday on Monday.

The son of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Irek, was among those killed in the crash.

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