Lunar Eclipse Montage

The montage above showcases the lunar eclipse of March 3, 2007 as photographed from Portugal. Tonight after midnight, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible in both North and South America.

Only the incipient phases of this eclipse can be observed from northern Europe, just before sunrise.    Photographer: Miguel Claro

Geometry of the Sun, Earth and Moon During an Eclipse of the Moon.
Earth’s two shadows are the penumbra and the umbra. (Sizes and distances not to scale)

Total Lunar Eclipse of 2004 Oct 27-28

via epod

- See also:

• Poseidon Temple in Athens Sounio
• Atacama Large Millimeter Array in the Chilean Andes
• Sun's Gigantic Plasma Eruption
• Partial Lunar Eclipse of June
• The ATLAS3D galaxies project
• Shadow of Saturn
• New Map of the Moon
• Who took this photo of Curiosity Rover on Mars?

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