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On December 10, it's the last total lunar eclipse until 2014. Asia, Australia and New Zealand will get the entire eclipse. South America will mostly not see any of it. If you live in the western USA you might see the eclipse until totality - though it does mean getting up early! Since it will be low in the sky, it should be quite spectacular. If the weather is clear, definitely worth rising early. (Have a siesta later.) The rest of the country will see less of it, but later. And the moon will only still be slightly eclipsed as it sets in western Europe.

To find out more about lunar eclipses, see Lunar Eclipses.

The details of who will see what - and when - are complex for this eclipse. However Earthsky has a good account of it at Earthsky - lunar eclipse December 10, 2011

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Did anyone see the lunar eclipse? I wasn't in the right place for it, but people have taken lots of great photos. Here are two:



left: by Patrick Cullis over Indian Peaks in Colorado













below: by Dean Cosgrove from Curtis, Nebraska

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Fabulous photos, an eclipse is such an awe inspiring sight.

Too much cloud even to see the stars where we are, and in completely the wrong part of the world to view it anyway������.but have read that despite this the eclipse will have an Astrological effect on us all, so we might have missed the sight but who knows what lies ahead because of it.



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To be honest, I did not even know about it till after it happened. Those are awesome pics, Mona.


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Well, Francine, hmmm. Astrological effect? Don't believe everything you read. lol

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I love eclipses. Sorry to have missed this one. The Big Picture (courtesy of the Boston Globe) has a whole set of eclipse pictures from around the world - be sure to view them on full screen for the greatest impact. A fantastic collection.

Lunar Eclipse December 2011

Having mostly grown up in the Bay Area, I was particularly taken with #20 which seems to show the Moon perched atop a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.


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