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"Lunar eclipse wows sky watchers" [BBC News]

About this shot:

Taken with a Canon SLR and a zoom lens at 300mm, then cropped to show a close-up view.

Hope you like it. This is the moon during a total eclipse.

A short line in the center of the photo is a star - you can see how far it has moved through the sky during an 8 sec exposure. Would have been happy to get a sharper picture, but this was the best I could. The moon also moves through the sky and one would need a shorter exposure and maybe a better lens to get a sharper photo.

"Lunar Eclipse" - the same photo on Flickr.