article_snippet.sent: Sydneysiders missed out on Saturday night's lunar eclipse, but Melbourne and Adelaide residents had a spectacular view of the 'blood moon' as it lit up the sky.
article_snippet.sent: The lunar eclipse as seen from Melbourne on Easter Saturday, April 4.
article_snippet.sent: Wet and cloudy weather was to blame for Sydneysiders missing out on a spectacular view of the 'blood moon', but the Sydney Observatory captured every moment with their equipment .
article_snippet.sent: The beginning of a total lunar eclipse was captured from behind leaves illuminated by a street light in Canberra on Saturday . '
article_snippet.sent: Despite rain and clouds predicted to obscure the event for Canberrians, this image was taken of the full moon behind clouds on Saturday night .
article_snippet.sent: Residents of Auckland in New Zealand also had a spectacular view of the 'blood moon' A lunar eclipse occurs when the 'blood moon' passes through the edge of the earth's shadow.
article_snippet.sent: Part of The eclipse is seen behind fully bloomed cherry blossoms in Utsunomiya in Tochigi prefecture, 100km north of Tokyo on April 4 .
article_snippet.sent: Clear skies in southern Japan (left) while New York (right) saw a glimmer of the lunar show through low hanging clouds .