In pictures: Blood moon captivates skywatchers

Photographers captured the splendor of a total lunar eclipse on Sunday, which turned the full moon a reddish hue.

The celestial event, known as a blood moon, was visible in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

The total lunar eclipse is seen over the night sky in Jiujiang, China, on Sunday, September 7. Shen Junfeng/VCG/AP

Onlookers watch the total lunar eclipse from a park bench in Leipzig, Germany, on Sunday. Jan Woitas/picture alliance/Getty Images

People are seen on a floor of the Shanghai World Financial Centre as the full moon rises above skyscrapers in Shanghai. Hector Ramal/AFP/Getty Images

The total lunar eclipse, known as a “blood moon” rises over the West Bank. Amir Cohen/Reuters

The blood moon is pictured above a mosque in New Delhi on Sunday. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

The eclipse rises behind a star on the top of the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in Moscow. Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters

The blood moon is pictured near the beginning of the lunar eclipse above Cairo. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

A partial lunar eclipse is seen in Najaf, Iraq. Anmar Khalil/AP

People take pictures of the lunar eclipse along a Mediterranean waterfront promenade in Beirut on Sunday. Hussein Malla/AP