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In pictures: Moon turns blood red in lunar eclipse

By PA News Agency
A partial lunar eclipse is seen in Cleveland (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen in Cleveland (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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People watch the partial lunar eclipse across the Americas and Europe.

According to NASA, about 96% of the Moon will pass through Earth’s umbra, falling just short of a total lunar eclipse.

The full moon rises beyond the city hall in downtown Kansas City (Charlie Riedel/AP)
Juan Carlos Sanchez adjusts his telescope as he waits for customers to offer them a chance to view the moon in exchange for a voluntary contribution in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
The moon is seen shortly before total eclipse near to the Independence Angel monument in Mexico City (Fernando Llano/AP)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen above the stadium light during a pre-season NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the New England Patriots (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
The partial lunar eclipse by the purple lit steel beams of the Crescent City Connection, a pair of bridges that span the Mississippi River, in New Orleans (Matthew Hinton/AP)
A couple embrace as the full moon rises hours before a lunar eclipse at the Santa Luzia viewpoint in Lisbon (Armando Franca/AP)
The moon sets behind the Colosseum in Rome (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
An airplane flies past a partial lunar eclipse in Los Angeles (Jae C Hong)
Hector Garcia looks at the moon through a telescope and a mobile phone adapted with his son during a lunar eclipse in Caracas, Venezuela (Ariana Cubillos/AP)
A boy looks at the moon through a telescope during a lunar eclipse in Caracas, Venezuela (Ariana Cubillos/AP)
The moon rises behind a coconut palm during a partial lunar eclipse in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil (Eraldo Peres/AP)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen through an American flag in Washington (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen beyond a television tower in Kansas City Missouri (Charlie Riedel/AP)
A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777 approaches for landing in Lisbon during a partial lunar eclipse (Armando Franca/AP)

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