Citizens of the World gather to Watch the Total Lunar Eclipse of 2008

Last night, people from all religions and walks of life gathered together as one to look at the same thing. The total Lunar Eclipse of February 20th 2008. Awe enspiring to many, this phenomenon happens when a full moon passes through the shadow of the earth. The next scheduled Full Lunar Eclipse is estimated to be in 2008 (To coincide with the year of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia.
Here are some photographs of the momentous event. These pictures of the Eclipse are taken from various locations around the world.




The full moon is seen early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, during a total lunar eclipse near Frankfurt, Germany.



An airplane passes Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in front of the moon as a lunar eclipse begins over Seattle.


The Moon glows as it is seen above the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, during a lunar eclipse early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurred Wednesday night, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon.


The lunar eclipse is framed Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in a church steeple cross west of Ottawa, Canada.


The moon is seen during a total eclipse Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, over St. Andrews Cathedral in Grand Rapids, Mich.


The Wrigley Building and the moon are seen during an initial phase of a lunar eclipse Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Chicago.


A lunar eclipse nears its peak at 8:46 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Appleton, Wis


Direct rays of sunlight fall on the right edge of the moon as the total phase of the lunar eclipse ends Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Stedman, N.C


Essex, UK


Nikki Shariat, Nashville, USA: "I took a series of photos over the course of the eclipse and put them together in Photoshop. I had never even seen an eclipse before!"


Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK


New Mexico



Highway 285, New Mexico.



Grand Valley Ontario, Canada.



This was taken by Farshad Palideh over Poonak, Tehran.