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Sunday, 4 March 2007, 17:49 GMT

Your pictures: Lunar eclipse

Andrew Hutchinson, taken in Glen Turret, Perthshire

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The lunar eclipse provided a spectacular sight. During totality, the moon appeared bathed in a bronze glow as this image by Andrew Hutchinson shows.

Sequence taken near Leeds, UK

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As the moon moved through the stages of the eclipse, George Lovely took this series of images from which he created a montage.

Eclipse from the Algarve

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This picture by Francis Williamson in the Algarve, Portugal, shows the umbra stage of the eclipse.

Images from Alan Wadsworth, Cambridgeshire

Images from Alan Wadsworth, Cambridgeshire

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During the lunar eclipse, captured here by Alan Wadsworth, the earth blocks the sunlight which normally bounces off the moon.

Eclipse from Canary Wharf

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William Cooper captured the eclipse over Canary Wharf, London.

Eclipse from Pondicherry

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The phenomenon was also visible from India, as this photo by Soham Shoney in Pondicherry shows.

Moon from Pagham, West Sussex, England

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Gavin Clarke took this colourful image while celebrating his 41st birthday on a beach in West Sussex, England.

Image taken in by 17-year-old Matt Ohman, in Yatton, North Somerset, UK

Image taken in by 17-year-old Matt Ohman, in Yatton, North Somerset, UK

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The same moon appears almost lit from behind in North Somerset in this image taken by 17-year-old Matt Ohman.

Eclipse in Whitburn, Scotland

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Andrew Cairns, in West Lothian, Scotland, captured the redness of the moon during totality.

Umbra from Zurich

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This picture by Ernst Schuetz in Zurich, Switzerland, was taken soon after totality.

Taken by Duncan Danks, Gloucestershire, UK

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Duncan Danks captured this pearly moon from his observatory in Gloucestershire, England.

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