There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon.

The only light that reaches the moon during a total lunar eclipse is light from the Earth's atmosphere, which projects onto the moon and gives it its reddish hue, USA TODAY previo