'Supermoon' Photos from Around the World: March 19, 2011

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By Tariq Malik
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Moon for the Trees

Brad Ervin

The full moon rises behind some trees in this photo taken by skywatcher Brad Ervin in Bruswick, Georgia on March 19, 2011, when the moon was closer to Earth than it had been in 18 years.

Spectacular Supermoon

ESA/NASA

Astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this image of the moon aboard the International Space Station on March 20, 2011, and wrote, "#Supermoon was spectacular from here!"

Supermoon as Seen Aboard the International Space Station

ESA/NASA

Astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this photo of the "supermoon" aboard the International Space Station on March 20, 2011.

Supermoon and Regular Sun

G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO

This panoramic photograph captures the so-called "supermoon" as seen from Cerro Paranal in Chile, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), rising at the same time the sun sets to the left over the Pacific Ocean.

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Tariq Malik
Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief

Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.