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A view of the lunar eclipse from Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 28, 2007. The Earth's shadow crept across the moon's surface slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red during second total lunar eclipse this year. Credit: Rikubetsu Astronomy and Terrestrial Science Museum/AP

The last rays of sunlight shine near the top of the moon just before total eclipse in the Sydney, Australia sky Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. Credit: Rick Rycroft/AP

A lunar eclipse over the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, during a lunar eclipse on Aug. 28, 2007. Credit: Kyodo News/AP

A view of the Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 lunar eclipse from the TransAmerican Pyramid in San Francisco, Calif. Credit: Frederick Larson/San Francisico Chronicle/AP


	Lunar Eclipse Dazzles Skywatchers By Dave Mosher Staff Writer posted: 28 August 2007 9:55 am ET

Those who gazed into the darkened skies early Tuesday morning caught a breathtaking view of a blood-red lunar eclipse.

The second such event of the year gave those along the Pacific Rim, including California, New Zealand and eastern Australia a view of a total lunar eclipse from start to finish. Inhabitants in the Central U.S. and Canada through New England and even Japan, however, also got a spectacular view.

Earth's full shadow, or umbra, crept over the moon at 4:51 a.m. EDT (1:51 a.m. PDT) and completely covered it by 5:32 EDT (2:52 PDT). The celestial event ended after sunrise on the East coast and at 4:22 a.m. PDT on the West coast.

SPACE.com's Skywatching Columnist Joe Rao contributed to this report.

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