Eclipse Photos

Eclipses

Eclipses are caused when the moon moves in front of the sun (a solar eclipse), or when the moon moves into the shadow cast of the earth by the sun (lunar eclipse).  Lunar eclipses always happen at full moon;  solar eclipses at new moon.

Here is a montage of the total lunar eclipse of 3rd March 2007 as seen from London (click  for larger image):

Here is a little animation made by stacking the images from the above into a flip book (click to animate):