Lunar eclipse & Winter Solstice
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December 21st 2010, was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and the start of winter. Also, for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse took place on the same day as the solstice, observable by people across the Americas and parts of Asia.
This combination of pictures shows the moon during a cycle of a total eclipse
Chief druid Arthur Pendragon (center) leads incantations during a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on Salisbury plain in southern England
This image made available by the University of Dundee shows a satellite view of a snow covered United Kingdom taken from a NASA satellite named Terra, Monday December 20.
A Kashmiri boatman breaks the frozen surface of water to make way through the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India,
Snow-covered bicycles stand in front of the central train station in Heidelberg, Germany
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December 21st 2010, was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and the start of winter. Also, for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse took place on the same day as the solstice, observable by people across the Americas and parts of Asia.
This combination of pictures shows the moon during a cycle of a total eclipse
Chief druid Arthur Pendragon (center) leads incantations during a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on Salisbury plain in southern England
This image made available by the University of Dundee shows a satellite view of a snow covered United Kingdom taken from a NASA satellite named Terra, Monday December 20.
A Kashmiri boatman breaks the frozen surface of water to make way through the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India,
Snow-covered bicycles stand in front of the central train station in Heidelberg, Germany
