YU YUPHORIA TO GO ON SALE ON THURSDAY @2pm

Micromax's Yu Yuphoria is finally set for sale on Thursday, May 28 at 2 p.m . The Sale will be exclusively on Amazon.in and the buyers need to register prior to the sale.

Click here to buy Yu Yuphoria Now!!

Yu recently launched its second device named Yuphoria on 12.05.2015

The device has a metal frame which gives it a premium feel.On the hardware side,it has a 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 410 supported with 2GB RAM ,16 GB internal storage which can be expanded to 32 GB using microSD.It has dual SIM support with 4G on both the slots. It flaunts a 5 inch 720p IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 lamination.
The graphics are powerful credited to the presence of Adreno 306 GPU.The speakers are pretty loud all thanks to Wolfson and AAC sound chips.

It has a 8 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front camera which can click decent selfies.

The main usp of the phone is the presence of Cyanogen OS 12 built upon Android 5.0.2 Lollipop.
Yu has also declared that it will get updates for upcoming android versions.

The phone has a 2230mAh user removable battery  with quick charge 1.0 which is only seen in flagships.

Looking at the price range, the phone is certainly a giant and will prove tough competition to other phones in this price bracket.

Dil Dhadakne Do Trailer Released

The much awaited sequel of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has been releazed by EROS featuring Farhaan Akhtar,Priyanka Chopra.

Dil Dhadakne Do Official Trailer In Cinemas 5th June

Cast: Farhaan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor and Rahul Bose

YU's Project Caesar Officially named as YU YUPHORIA

Yu televentures finally named their Project Caesar as "YU YUPHORIA".

The name came out as a result of a contest initiated by YU. A recent post on Facebook by YU reveals that more than 100,000 entries were received out of which 5 names (YUPHORIA, YUKNIGHT, YUNICORN, YUNITY, YOUTH) made it to the voting stage from 4th to 6th April.

YU YUPHORIA will be powered by 2 GB RAM and will be having 16 GB internal memory.
The Yuphoria is the second smartphone from YU following the YU YUREKA and will be having CM12 CyanogenMod OS which is based on Android Lollipop.

MOTO G LOLLIPOP 5.1 UPDATE

Motorola has begun rolling out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update for the Moto G Google Play Edition (GPE), and it is possible that other versions of the phone could receive the update anytime soon.

The update for the Moto G GPE is released over the air, so users don't need to find a factory image to flash on their smartphones. Simply go to the phone's Settings, open About phone, and check if the system update is already there. If it's not, gather up more patience and give Motorola time to roll out the update. The reason why Google and device manufacturers release staggered updates is to make sure the updates get delivered in full.

Motorola has also published a new support page that details which devices will eventually get Android Lollipop. These include both the second-generation and first-generation Moto X and Moto G, Moto G 4G LTE, DROID Turbo, DROID Maxx, DROID Mini, and low-cost, entry-level Moto E.

It is unclear, though, when these smartphones will receive their much awaited updates. The Moto X Pure Edition was the first Motorola device to get Android Lollipop in November, just days after Google launched the platform and released it to device manufacturers. Right now, Motorola is doing a soak test for Android 5.1 Lollipop but has delayed initiating a full rollout just yet.

Meanwhile, some of the smartphones set for an upgrade will not be receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop. Instead, Motorola's software product manager David Schuster announced on his Google+ page that certain devices, specifically the first-generation Moto G 4G LTE, first-generation Moto X, and Moto E, located "in several regions" will all skip Android 5.0 and head on over directly to Android 5.1.

"Given the improvements in Lollipop 5.1, we have decided to move all efforts to upgrade these devices directly from KitKat to Lollipop 5.1," Schuster said.


When Google released Android Lollipop last year, it was clear that Google failed to iron out several kinks that left several of the first devices that received the update unusable, or at least not as good as when they were running on Android 4.4 KitKat. Many owners of then flagship smartphones, such as the Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8, and LG G3, and even Google's own Nexus devices, reported several bugs that were addressed in the succeeding 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 updates.

It's clear that Motorola wants its customers not to experience those bugs by scrapping its previous plans to get them on 5.0, 5.0.1, or 5.0.2 and proceeding straight to 5.1. However, with reports of an upcoming Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update in the future, it's unknown if Motorola will once again delay Lollipop updates to wait for 5.1.1.

Large Hadron Collider Restarts after two years

Particle beams have now travelled in both directions, inside parallel pipes, at a whisker below the speed of light.

Actual collisions will not begin for at least another month, but they will take place with nearly double the energy the LHC reached during its first run.

Scientists hope to glimpse a "new physics" beyond the Standard Model.

Rolf Heuer, the director-general of Cern, which operates the LHC, told engineers and scientists at the lab: "Congratulations. Thank you very much everyone… now the hard work starts".

Cern's director for accelerators and technology, Frédérick Bordry, said: "After two years of effort, the LHC is in great shape.

"But the most important step is still to come when we increase the energy of the beams to new record levels."

The beams have arrived a week or so later than originally scheduled, due to a now-resolved electrical fault.

The protons are injected at a relatively low energy to begin with. But over the coming months, engineers hope to gradually increase the beams' energy to 13 trillion electronvolts: double what it was during the LHC's first operating run.

OnePlus releases OxygenOS

After a pretty sizable delay, OnePlus has at last released OxygenOS, its in-house version of Android 5.0 Lollipop. As promised back near the start of the year, this Cyanogen replacement is all about a "back to basics" approach that keeps things stock unless the startup thinks a new feature would be genuinely useful.


 Right now, that's largely limited to features you already had on your One: you can draw Oppo-style gestures to trigger functions when the screen is off, switch between hardware and software navigation keys and customize your quick-access settings.

 OxygenOS isn't for the faint of heart at this stage, since you'll have to be comfortable with installing ROMs (and likely put up with early bugs), but it's worth a shot if you want to catch a glimpse of OnePlus' software future.

Project ARA

  

         Project Ara is the codename for an initiative that aims to develop an open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones. The platform will include a structural frame (endoskeleton that holds smartphone modules of the owner's choice), such as a display, camera or an extra battery. 

It would allow users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade individual modules as innovations emerge, providing longer lifetime cycles for the handset, and potentially reducing electronic waste.Project Ara smartphone will begin pilot testing in Puerto Rico later 2015 with a target bill of materials cost of $50 for a basic grey phone. 

The project was originally headed by the Advanced Technologies and Projects team within Motorola Mobility while it was a subsidiary of Google. Although Google had sold Motorola to Lenovo, it is retaining the project team who will work under the direction of the Android division.

Google says the phone is designed to be used by "six billion people", including the one billion smartphone users and the five billion feature phone users. Google intends to sell a starter kit where the bill of materials is US$50 and includes a frame, display, battery, low-end CPU and WiFi.

Google wants Project Ara to lower the entry barrier for phone hardware manufacturers so there could be "hundreds of thousands of developers" instead of the current handful of big manufacturers. This would be similar to how the Google Play Store is structured. Lowering the barrier for entry allows many more people to develop modules. Anyone will be able to build a module without requiring a license or paying a fee.

Yu's Project Caeser about to get its name

Micromax's Yu televentures  is about to name their upcoming device which was earlier code named Project Caeser.

Yu asked its Followers to vote for the new name on its Facebook Page.

A few days back Yu launched an event inviting people to name their new device #YuNameIt.
As a result of the,they shortlisted 5 names:

1. Yunicorn
2. Yuknight
3. Yuphoria
4. Yunity
5. Youth

The nomenclature is in its final phase as depicted by Yu's latest post on its Facebook Page which invited people to vote for their favorite name and stand a chance to win gift vouchers worth 2000 from Amazon.

You can also vote for your favorite name http://bit.ly/YUNameItVoting

Not much is yet known about the new device apart from a few flaunts such as Android 5.0 Lollipop OS, 2 GB Ram and a 64 bit processor.

Project Caeser is second in the lineup of Yu televenture's releases. Last year they released Yu Yureka which recieved a lot of appraisal but was criticised due to the flash sales. 

If you want to purchase Yu Yureka, you can BUY HERE.

We Hope that this time Yu drops the idea of flash sales and provide the device on direct sales. 

No tears in Bhopal for Anderson

There was no redemption for Warren M. Anderson — accused no. 1 in the criminal case pertaining to the Bhopal gas tragedy — in life. On Thursday, it seemed there was none in death. Hearing of his death, a full one month after he passed away at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida, on September 29, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy assembled outside the now-defunct Union Carbide factory and placed a large portrait of him. Then, one by one, they spat at the photograph. With his death, the struggle to get the former CEO of Union Carbide extradited has hit a dead end.

Modi govt's austerity drive: No 5-star hotel meetings, first-class flights for bureaucrats

The government on Thursday unveiled an austerity drive aimed at cutting non-plan expenditure by 10%. It has barred bureaucrats from travelling first class on overseas visits and have been asked to use video conferencing as much as possible.

With an aim to restrict fiscal deficit to 4.1% of GDP in 2014-15, the finance ministry has barred officials from holding meetings in 5-star hotels and put a freeze on fresh appointments and filling up posts lying vacant for over one year.

"While officers are entitled to various classes of air travel depending on seniority, utmost economy would need to be observed while exercising the choice keeping the limitations of budget in mind. However, there would no bookings in the First Class," said the office memorandum.

The facility of video conferencing, it said, "may be used effectively".

The finance ministry said purchase of new vehicles to meet operational requirement of defence forces, paramilitary forces and security organisations are permitted but ban on purchase of any other vehicles would continue.

"Such measures are intended at promoting fiscal discipline, without restricting the operational efficiency of the government. In the context of the current fiscal situation, there is a need to continue to rationalise expenditure and optimise available resources," it said.

The government proposes to lower the fiscal deficit to 3% of GDP by 2016-17. The deficit which had touched a high of 5.7% in 2011-12, was brought down to 4.8% in 2012-13 and further to 4.5% in 2013-14 by way of austerity measures.

"The task before me is very challenging because we need to revive growth, particularly in manufacturing sector and infrastructure," finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in his budget speech. He added that choice has to be made whether or not to be victims of mere populism and wasteful expenditure.

PM Narendra Modi browses internet at 34Mbps: Report

It is not a hidden fact that the Internet speeds in India are borderline abysmal, but that fact does not pertain to the Prime Minister's office. While the average broadband Internet speed in India is around 2mbps, the speed in the country's highest office is 34mbps, if a Times of India report is to be believed. Reportedly, this was revealed in an RTI application.

Apparently, the National Informatics Centre is providing a speed up to 34mbps. While this number is good for India, in the US, Google's Fibre broadband service provides speeds up to 1gbps, which is almost 30 times faster. In fact, even in Kochi's 'Start Up Village', speed up to 1Gbps is provided.
The average peak connection speed in India is around 14.2mbps, and only 1.2 per cent people in the country enjoy speeds beyond 10mbps.

Earlier in the year, India was ranked an abysmal 115 in Akamai's 'State of Internet' report. The report ranked South Korea no.1 with its maximum Internet speed reaching 24.6mbps. Clearly, the state of Internet is not great in India, but Prime Minister Modi's Digital India plan intends to resolve this. He has dedicated a budget of 1 lakh crores so that high-speed Internet is offered in all villages and this plan is scheduled to be finished by 2019.

Fast Internet connections enable lower latency in streaming video, loading web pages and downloading files. India lags behind in this regard, something which has been even acknowledged by Google, which owns video streaming site YouTube. For India, Google has added an offline viewing mode in YouTube as the reach and speed of connectivity is limited in the country.

Full Mobile Portability from next year

Mobile phone users will soon beable to change their telecom operators and retain their numbers even if they are relocating to areas outside the service providers' operations.

At present, mobile subscribers have restricted facility of changing their telcos while retaining their number within same service area using mobile number portability (MNP). For example, a subscriber in Delhi NCR can switch operator within Delhi NCR only.

The Department of Telecom has set a target date of March 31, 2015 to implement the full mobile number portability (MNP), an official source said.

"The Telecom Commission has accepted TRAI's recommendations on full MNP," the source said.

The panel decision will now be placed before Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for the final approval.

Under the full MNP, for instance, a subscriber in Delhi
NCR will be able to switch to a telecom network in Tamil Nadu or in any of the state or place where he is relocating himself/herself while retaining the same number.

As per the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), about 13 crore people have requested for MNP facility as on August 31.

TRAI in its recommendation on full MNP had suggested to give telecom operators six-month time to make necessary changes in their network from the date the proposal is cleared. The source said that DoT will make efforts to get it expeditiously done in about five-month time.

source : hindustantimes.com

Google makes Android Lollipop official, details Nexus 6 phone and Nexus 9 tablet

 Is it even fun unwrapping your presents on Christmas day when you already know what they are? Of course it is! Today, Google let us unwrap the Nexus 6 phone, Nexus 9 tablet, and the official name for Android 5.0. There are no surprises, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting. 

Android Lollipop

Android 5.0, operating under the moniker “Android L” since Google I/O, will be called Android Lollipop. It’s Android’s biggest release yet, with more than 5,000 new APIs for developers, new battery-saving features, better multitasking, and a brand new visual language called “Material Design.”
Google has been talking about the new features of Android Lollipop since its big summer developer conference, and didn’t share any major new features today. Instead, it focused on a marketing effort to promote the way Android gives customers lots of choice and individuality, while maintaining compatibility and core features. The tagline—“Be together. not the same”—was introduced with an aggressively hopeful YouTube video.

The Nexus 6 phone

It wouldn’t be a new version of Android without a corresponding new Nexus phone. Numerous leaks have spilled all the details of the Nexus 6 over the last few months, and the official announcement leaves no surprises: The Nexus 6 is essentially a giant 6-inch version of the new Moto X.
It features a 5.96-inch Quad HD display, so that’s 2560x1440, or 493 pixels-per-inch. Inside you’ll find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor running at 2.7GHz, which is top-of-the-line for Android phones this fall. 

 


Other features are borrowed from the Moto X, including a 13-megapixel f/2.0 rear camera with “ring flash,” a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and dual front-facing speakers. Here’s hoping that they’re both active for stereo playback, unlike the Moto X, where the topmost speaker is only used for phone calls.
Connectivity is robust, as with many Nexus phones. Here in the U.S. you get GSM at 850/900/1800/1900MHz, CDMA band classes 0/1/10, WCDMA bands 1/2/4/5/8, and LTE bands 2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/25/26/29/41. In other words, it should work on every carrier and all over the world. It’s also packing 802.11ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO antenna, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, and NFC. 
Perhaps most impressive is the whopping big 3220mAh battery, which should give the phone lots of life. Google claims up to 10 hours of internet use with LTE, 24 hours of talk time, and 10 hours of video playback. Of note, it lists two figures for standby time: 330 hours with Ambient Display off, and 250 hours with Ambient Display on. Ambient Display is the nifty Motorola notification pulsing feature from the Moto X, and it appears to be included in the Nexus 6 as well. The phone will support Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0, just like the Moto X, so 15 minutes of charging that nearly-dead battery will get you 6 hours of use.
The phone will be available in 32GB and 64GB variants, and, interestingly, the spec sheet does not list a micro SD card slot.




The Nexus 6 will go on sale in late October. Logos on the Google site suggest the phone will be available at Google Play, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular, and Best Buy. Oh, and for once, it will be carried by Verizon.
These specs put it on par with the very best Android phones on the market, but it looks like it will be priced up with them, too. The unlocked Nexus 6 is reported to cost about $650, but carriers will offer subsidized pricing, too.

The Nexus 9 tablet

The Nexus 9 is a device we knew was coming, but didn’t have as much solid pre-release information about. It’s an 8.9-inch tablet with a 4:3 aspect ratio and QXGA resolution. That’s 2048x1536, or 288 pixels per inch (not bad for a big tablet). 




It is the first mass-market device to feature the 64-bit dual-core variant of Nvidia’s Tegra K1 processor. This thing should be crazy fast. I was mightily impressed by the GPU’s performance in my review of the Shield Tablet, and this version should have even better CPU performance.
The Nexus 9 features an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, a 6700mAh battery, and will come in both Wi-Fi and LTE variants. 
The design is interesting. At 7.95mm thick, it’s a little thicker than an iPad Air, but it’s not quite as tall or wide. It even weighs a little less than Apple’s most popular tablet, at 425 grams for the Wi-Fi version. 




The biggest surprise is the optional official keyboard cover. Google really wants to make Android tablets into powerful workhorses for everyday computing use.
Pre-orders for the Nexus 9 tablet begin on October 17, and it will be sold in stores starting November 3. Official pricing has not been released, but the latest rumors suggest it will carry a premium tablet price: $400 for the entry-level 16GB, Wi-Fi model. Adding LTE or bumping the storage to 32GB will cost you more.









 

17,000 Candidates Qualified Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination

UPSC declared the results of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2014 on 14 October 2014. This year a total of 16,933 candidates out of 4,52,334 have succeeded the examination and are selected to appear for the main examination which is going to be held on 14 December 2014.

The prelims examination was conducted on 24 August 2014. The examination is conducted to select the country’s top bureaucracy. According to reports, this year a rise of 40% in the number of students has been witnessed as compared to last year. Last year about 3,24,279 students appeared for the examination.

This time the results for the examination are declared early so that students can get some more time to prepare well for the main examination.

The selected candidates have to fill up the detailed application form (DAF) available on the commission’s website from 18 October 2014 to 11 November 2014.

Microsoft announces Diwali cashback offers on Lumia range

Diwali becomes sweeter with Lumia, or at least Microsoft Mobile Devices hopes so as it announced cashback schemes on two of its mobile devices -Nokia Lumia 530 dual SIM model, Nokia Lumia 630 and the dual SIM variant of the Lumia 630. Since the offer is Diwali themed it's on till the 23rd of October or till stocks last.
On the Nokia Lumia 530 dual SIM, the manufacturer is offering an assured cashback of Rs.1,001 which brings the price of the device down to Rs.6,198. The Nokia Lumia 630 and its dual SIM sibling have a cashback offer of Rs.1,501 bringing the prices of these devices to Rs.8,498 and Rs.9,498 respectively.
While the offer somewhat brings the official selling price from Microsoft a bit closer to what these devices are being offered for on e-commerce websites, the larger benefit of the offer for the consumer is that these offers will also be valid at offline Nokia Priority Dealer and Nokia Priority Partner outlets in the country.
Sweetening the pot further, Microsoft has also announced that 1,050 buyers will be chosen in a lucky draw for 100 per cent cashback on the purchase of the following devices: Lumia 730, Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia 925, Lumia 1020, Lumia 1320, and Lumia 1520.
Participation in the lucky draw rests on submission of proof of purchase along with IMEI number and contact details at Nokia Priority Partner or Dealer outlets.
As a special deal for Tamil Nadu, Microsoft has packed 98 of the 100 per cent cash back scratch cards inside device packaging.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/microsoft-announces-diwali-cash-back-offers/1/395227.html

Flipkart Revenges Amazon!!

This week has seen it all. First Flipkart starting the proceedings for the week by dishing out the Big Billion Day sale, making big moolah, getting trolled by competitors and facing barrage from upset buyers. Round two of this episode, sees Amazon facing backlash from Flipkart which hardly comes as a surprise to anyone.


Anyone managing to sell products with hefty discounts (ranging up to 50% in some cases) are sure to attract negative and positive criticism. Making things a bit more interesting, Snapdeal and Amazon not-so-quietly managed to make a name for themselves amidst the confusion that was a constant feature of the Big Billion day sale on October 6.

Flipkart VS Amazon

Amazon went to the extent of buying the bigbillionday.in to troll Flipkart's misery in open sight and now, we have Flipkart paying back the favour to the US-based retailer with its purchase of diwalidhamaka.co.in domain that directly takes you to the Flipkart homepage. On the hindsight, Flipkart's deals were much more appealing to consumers with regards to their pricing, in comparison to the deals that were being offered by Amazon today.

At the end of the day, it's hard to comment on who came out as big winners but nevertheless, Flipkart managed to open up sales avenues for the e-commerce fraternity that could become a common sight in the near future.There are lessons to be learnt ( a lot of them) and now we'll have to wait for the next move to happen from these respective online shopping sites.

Press Club of India website hacked

Cyber hackers apparently from Pakistan have hacked the website of Press Club of India (PCI) and posted anti-India messages on its page.
"Last week the website was hacked but it was showing no message. It was completely blank. Today, it was again hacked and anti-India messages were posted on the website. We have filed a police complaint in the matter," PCI General Secretary Nadeem Ahmad Kazmi told PTI.

The hacker group called themselves "Team Cyber Warriors" and posted Pakistani flag on their logo.
The cyber criminals posted anti-India message and threatened to target Indian government websites and take down the country's Internet with the help of "Muslim Hackers".
The hacking of the PCI website apparently seems in retaliation to the reported hacking of websites in Pakistan from India ridiculing Pakistan People's Party politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's comment to take back Kashmir from India.

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi share Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for risking their lives to fight for children's rights. The decision made Malala, a 17-year-old student and education activist, the youngest-ever Nobel winner.

The news set off celebrations on the streets of Mingora, the main town in Pakistan's volatile Swat valley, with residents greeting each other and distributing sweets. At the town's Khushal Public School, which is owned by Malala's father, students danced in celebration Friday, jumping up and down.

When she was a student there, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago for insisting that girls as well as boys have the right to an education. Surviving several operations with the help of British medical care, she continued both her activism and her studies.

When Modi meets Zuckerberg: Will they 'like' and 'poke' each other, jokes Twitter

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in India for two days and will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. During the first day of his internet.org summit he spoke about making Internet affordable to all and being accessible even in the remotest of places. Zuckerberg called for an internet service equivalent to 911, access to basic health, education services. Modi and Zuckerberg are scheduled to discuss the collaboration between Facebook and the government for offering better services to the public.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. AP

Indians on Twitter had interesting reactions as to how the meeting between the tech-savvy and social media-loving Modi and the creator of Facebook would be:

Mark Zuckerberg's coming to India. I can bet Mr. Narendra Modi will tell him the "We play with a mouse, not snakes" story at least twice.-@AksharPathak


Modi is so influential that Mark Zuckerberg is flying in personally to give him a friendship request.-@madmanweb


Did Mark Zuckerberg like Modi for PM page yet? #ZuckerbergInIndia-@chaddi_chikka

SOURCE: http://www.firstpost.com/

'Blood Moon' Photos: Total Lunar Eclipse Thrills Skywatchers

The full moon took on a spooky red hue in a pre-dawn total lunar eclipse Wednesday (Oct. 8) to the delight of skywatchers who managed to snap stunning photos of the "blood moon."

The total lunar eclipse of Oct. 8 was visible to observers in North America, western South America, parts of East Asia, Australia and other parts of the Pacific, weather permitting. The  lunar eclipse is also the second iof four consecutive total eclipses of the moon that make up a unique "tetrad."

During the eclipse, the moon passed into the darkest part of Earth's shadow, which caused the moon to glow with an eerie copper color. This color shift has caused some people to dub the natural satellite a "blood moon" during total lunar eclipses. The moon's temporary color also created an incredible, unique sight to behold for photographers on the ground.



"The moon was a brownish red color," Christina Ryan told Space.com of her view of the eclipse from Elkhart, Indiana. "Very beautiful lunar eclipse. I am happy to have been able to witness it."

Some intrepid observers might have also been able to capture the planet Uranus near the eclipsed full moon as well.
The lunar eclipse reached totality just before dawn for observers on the East Coast of the United States, but well-placed skywatchers on the West Coast may have seen the lunar eclipse rise in a totally dark sky during the wee hours of Oct. 8.
Some astrophotographers in California captured stunning views of the blood moon. Thomas Warloe took an incredible photo of the moon in the middle of totality glowing red in a sky dotted with stars from Berkeley, California.



Photographers from Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii also snapped images of the total lunar eclipse.
"I am lucky to have such a clear night to observe this eclipse!" Jared Kizer told Space.com of his view of the eclipse from Queensland, Australia

If you missed this total lunar eclipse, you might have another chance to see a blood moon rise 2015. The next eclipse in the tetrad series is set to grace the skies in April 2015, with the final in the tetrad occurring in September 2015.
Lunar eclipses occur when the full moon passes through Earth's shadow. Instead of blotting out the moon entirely, the moon turns a rusty color because of the way light from the sun seeps through the planet's shadow.
The color of the moon during a total lunar eclipse is also a good measure of what's happening in Earth's atmosphere at the time. If the moon is a darker shade during the eclipse, it could mean that the atmosphere is polluted from volcanic activity or other events.
This total lunar eclipse is only one in a series of amazing skywatching events happening in October. On Oct. 23, observers in most of North America will have the chance to see a partial solar eclipse. Comet Siding Spring is also set to make a close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, and the Orionid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight from Oct. 21-22.