lunar eclipse

Here on Earth, we are lucky if can catch one eclipse, let alone a double eclipse. But a NASA observatory was recently able to witness such a phenomenon from space.

The weather report predicted widespread clouds on the night of the lunar eclipse. But the clouds cleared in Manhattan by 8:30 p.m., as a mirthful crowd gathered on the 14th St. entrance of the High Line to watch the eclipse.

The fuzzy edge of the Earth’s shadow will be visible on the moon on Nov. 28 during the last eclipse of 2012.

The Earth’s shadow will darken part of the moon next Monday in a partial lunar eclipse, visible from the Pacific Ocean and surrounding areas.

Lunar eclipse, June 15, 2001: A rare total lunar eclipse is happening today, and will be visible in parts of South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

The Epoch Times’s Science Gallery of feature photos that appeared in our print and web editions over the past year.

Lunar eclipse and winter solstice: The total lunar eclipse will coincide with the winter solstice in the early hours of Dec. 21.