Scenes From Last Night's Eclipse

Mark your calendars for the next one ... in 2094
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 21, 2010 6:43 AM CST
Updated Dec 21, 2010 7:57 AM CST
Scenes From Last Night's Eclipse
The Washington Monument is seen as the full moon is shadowed by the Earth during a total lunar eclipse on the arrival of the winter solstice, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 in Washington.   (AP Photo/NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Those of you who hit the hay early last night missed a show not to be seen on the winter solstice for another 84 years: The moon, hanging high in the sky, turned reddish and went dark for 72 minutes as the Earth eclipsed it, reports the AP. Click through the gallery for pictures from various vantage points on planet Earth, or check out a time-lapse video of the eclipse.
(More lunar eclipse stories.)

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