ESA astronaut Samantha cristoforetti took pictures of the total lunar eclipse in May from the international space station When the moon, the earth and the sun are completely in a straight line and the earth is in the middle, the moon will enter the umbra of the earth and produce a total lunar eclipse.
During a total lunar eclipse, the earth's atmosphere scatters sunlight. Blue light from the sun dissipates, while longer wavelengths of red, orange and yellow light pass through, turning our moon dark red.
In these pictures, the moon seems to be "playing hide and seek" with a solar panel of the international space station.
Samantha is living and working on the international space station on her second mission, "Minerva". Click here Learn more about the Samantha and Minerva missions.