Skywatchers enjoy lunar eclipse

Refracted sunlight can turn the Moon a spectacular shade of red

Skywatchers have been enjoying the last total lunar eclipse until 2014.

The spectacle, which occurs when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon, has been watched from Australia, Asia and North America.
At some points, indirect sunlight still illuminated the Moon, turning it a dramatic shade of red.
The shadow started to fall at 11:33 GMT and ended after 17:30 GMT. The moon was totally eclipsed for 51 mins 8 seconds

The action began unfolding on Saturday night (local time) in Australia and Asia. Viewers in the western half of the US had the best views on Saturday well before dawn (Pacific and Mountain Standard Time).
The further west they were, the better.
This was the second total lunar eclipse this year; the first occurred in June.
Stargazers will have to settle for partial eclipses of the Moon until 2014, say astronomers.

6 comments:

Jad15 December 2011 at 07:18
Anything to do with these astronomical objects is amazing! simply mesmerizing view! how Earth cast its own shadow on moon and we are able to observe.. Simply a sign of Almighty's creative dexterity!
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zohaiЯ16 December 2011 at 05:06
crrrrappp...i forgot to look up when the eclipse happened. But yes i second wht jad said. And i wonder how atheists believe there is no supreme being behind the entity that is the universe.
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T Durrani17 December 2011 at 20:54
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T Durrani17 December 2011 at 22:04
Astronomy for the win! :P
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Jad17 December 2011 at 22:04
@ T Durrani:
it's Astronomy!! NOT ASTROLOGY!!!
One is a science with facts and other is just make believe facts!
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Umair18 December 2011 at 06:33
ASTRONOMY for the win xD
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