Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The total lunar eclipse in pictures

"Skygazers with a clear view in North America and Europe were greeted with a celestial treat in the early morning hours, as a total lunar eclipse transformed the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red. Coinciding with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice - for the first time in almost four centuries - the eclipse showed the Sun, the Earth and its satellite as they directly aligned, with the Moon swinging into the cone of shadow cast by its mother planet..." lunar eclipse in pictures

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