El Pasoans observe super moon

There was at least one hundred people at the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium Sunday night checking out the super blood moon. The super moon combined with a solar eclipse won’t happen again until 2033.

“I thought it was humongous,” 9-year-old Harmony Rozakis said.

Rozakis will be 27-years-old the next time another moon similar to Sunday’s comes around.

“It looks like a picture,” she said.

“We have a super moon going on and that’s when the moon just happens to be as close as it can to the earth and a full moon at the same time,” Cory Stone, manager of the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, said.

Stone says the combination is pretty rare, only happening once every 18 to 33 years.

“I think its something interesting because I’ve actually never been able to see a lunar eclipse,” an El Paso resident said.

At least one hundred people gathered to look through telescopes and learn about the solar system.

It was an educational and fun experience for everyone. Something kids like Rozakiswill remember for years to come.

“I thought it was really cool, because I love science,”Rozakis said.

The event was free to the public. The super moon is expected to last until early Monday morning.