Photos: Matthew Wheeler. Top: a view of April’s Blood Moon. In full eclipse, the earth comes between the sun and moon, and light reflected off the earth’s atmosphere causes the moon to appear red. Below Matthew Wheeler caught Mars, the totally eclipsed moon, Spica and the glow from McBride lights.Related Posts:600-year eventShoot for the moonWolf MoonLetter: A Robson Valley treasurePhotographer invites us to see the world as a tiny creaturePost navigationBorealis testing wells for geothermal potentialThis week in photos – May 7th 2014