{"id":267716,"date":"2025-10-02T09:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/?p=267716"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:11:06","slug":"readers-photo-blood-moon-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/readers-photo-blood-moon-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader&#8217;s photo | Blood moon rising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"267717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/readers-photo-blood-moon-rising\/tcmoon_88757\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tcmoon_88757\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Eikestadnuus reader Phil Uys managed to captured the Blood Moon over &amp;#8220;Piekke&amp;#8221; in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch on Sunday 7 September. Photo: Phil Uys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eikestadnuus reader Phil Uys managed to captured the Blood Moon over &amp;#8220;Piekke&amp;#8221; in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch on Sunday 7 September. Photo: Phil Uys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Eikestadnuus reader Phil Uys managed to captured the Blood Moon over &quot;Piekke&quot; in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch on Sunday 7 September. Photo: Phil Uys\" class=\"wp-image-267717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tcmoon_88757.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Eikestadnuus <\/em>reader Phil Uys managed to captured the Blood Moon over &#8220;Piekke&#8221; in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch on Sunday 7 September. Avid photographers are invited to submit their photos for possible publication in <em>Eikestadnuus. <\/em>Photos must be at least 500 kb in size and submitted via email to <a href=\"mailto:eikestadnuus@novusmedia.co.za\">eikestadnuus@novusmedia.co.za<\/a> before 14:00 on Mondays. 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