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We woke up before the sun this morning to catch the “blood moon” over Portland.

During the total lunar eclipse, Earth moved between the moon and the sun, casting a reddish light across the sky.

A view of the “blood moon” lunar eclipse nears totality from Bug Light Park in South Portland on Tuesday morning. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Josh Jillett of Portland takes images of the Portland skyline from Bug Light Park on Tuesday morning. A couple dozen people came to the park to get a view of the “blood moon” lunar eclipse. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Dan Levesque of Scarborough positions his camera toward the Portland skyline while photographing the “blood moon” lunar eclipse on Tuesday morning. Dan, an amateur photographer, says that he is a “photographer of life”. A couple dozen photographers and hopeful enthusiasts gathered at the park on Tuesday morning. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
A couple walk across a field at Bug Light Park in South Portland on Tuesday morning shortly before sunrise. A couple dozen people came to the park to get a view of the “blood moon” lunar eclipse. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Josh Jillett of Portland takes images of the Portland skyline from Bug Light Park on Tuesday morning. A couple dozen people came to the park to get a view of the “blood moon” lunar eclipse. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

Derek grew up in New York, while spending part of his summers in Maine, where he developed an appreciation for its wild landscape and natural beauty. Moving from a metropolitan area to the wide-open spaces...

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