Lunar eclipse of Saturn
March 23, 2007
LUNAR ECLIPSE OF SATURN: Last night, the Moon passed directly in front of Saturn, producing a rare lunar eclipse of the ringed planet visible from Europe, parts of Africa and the Middle East. "Such a unique event must be photographed!" says Hanno Falk who sends this picture from his backyard in Flensburg, Germany:
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more images: from Pete Lawrence of Selsey, West Sussex, UK; from Emiel Veldhuis of Zwolle, the Netherlands; from Rob Johnson of Liverpool, England,; from Pavol Rapavy of Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia; from Günther Strauch of Borken, NRW, Germany; from Rijk-Jan Koppejan of Middelburg, The Netherlands; from Amir Hossein Abolfath and Babak Amin Tafreshi of Tehran, Iran; from Alex Lloyd-Ribeiro of Durham, UK; from Peter Zboncak of Rimavska Sobota Observatory, Slovakia; from Les Brooks of Woodstone Village, Durham, UK; from Martijn Dekker of Elst, the Netherlands; from P-M Hedén of Vallentuna, Sweden; from Stephane Palfray of Etainhus, Normandy, France; from Philippe Mollet at the MIRA Public Observatory near Brussels, Belgium; from Joel Bavais of Ath, Belgium; from Patrick Bornet of Saint-Martin sur Nohain, Nièvre, France; from Chris Newsome of Derby, UK.
SOURCE: Space Weather
