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Why is the Eclipsed Moon red?
The reason for this dramatic coloring is because you are seeing all the Earth's Sunsets and Sunrises happening around the world being reflected off the moon.

The little blue dot at the bottom right is "Spica": the brightest star in our skies.
This was the first time that I've ever seen Spica such a bright blue. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/stardate-4142014-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-plus-star-spica/

I don't know what the star to the middle left is.
Glowing red, Mars was also particularly vivid in the night sky. The red planet - out of this frame - was to the right.

I haven't yet looked at my other photos on the card; so I may have better captures of the Eclipse.
Wanting to just get something quickly up on Pbase, I randomly selected this image without even looking at the others.

Everything was shot in Manual Mode with my settings being changed as the event unfolded.
There was a brisk wind; so keeping the camera steady (even on a heavy tripod) posed some difficulties.
The camera time is off by one hour. The true time was shortly after 3AM CDST.

For a large part of the night, photographing the Eclipse was even an uncertainly because a thick cloud cover (totally blocking out the moon and stars) moved in and out.
However, I stuck things out for over 3 1/2 hours in below freezing temperatures. It was 28 degrees (with a wind chill of 21) when I finally went back inside at 4AM.
This was a night to remember.