European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. NASA/Bill Stafford, Josh Valcarcel and Norah Moran An astronaut in space captured haunting photographs of Friday's total lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon because of its eerie orange-red color.

German astronaut Alexander Gerst, a geophysicist and spaceflight veteran, launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6.

In the short time the European Space Agency astronaut has been in orbit, he's done some stunning photography of Earth and the moon.

On Friday, Gerst watched and photographed the eclipse from his temporary home about 250 miles above the planet.

Here are a few pictures he snapped, plus some other share-worthy imagery he's recorded over the past eight weeks.