<p><strong>Seen in a composite picture taken from <a href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_sweden.html">Sweden</a> on Saturday, the moon emerges from the <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111209-lunar-eclipse-saturday-full-moon-space-science/">last total lunar eclipse for three years</a>.
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In North America, early-rising sky-watchers in the U.S. West witnessed the start of the three-and-a-half-hour moon show, beginning at 4:45 a.m. Pacific time. For most of the rest of the country, the eclipse was a nonstarter, as it occurred during daylight hours.<p></p>
<p>The entire lunar eclipse was visible from East Asia, Australia, and the far western part of North America that includes Alaska and Canada's Yukon and Northwest Territories.</p>
<p>In Sweden and the rest of northern <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/europe/">Europe</a>, the <a href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/full-moon-article.html">full moon</a> emerged from Earth's shadow as the natural satellite rose on Saturday night.</p>
<p><em>—With reporting by Andrew Fazekas</em></p>
Swedish Moonballs
Seen in a composite picture taken from Sweden on Saturday, the moon emerges from the last total lunar eclipse for three years.
In North America, early-rising sky-watchers in the U.S. West witnessed the start of the three-and-a-half-hour moon show, beginning at 4:45 a.m. Pacific time. For most of the rest of the country, the eclipse was a nonstarter, as it occurred during daylight hours.The entire lunar eclipse was visible from East Asia, Australia, and the far western part of North America that includes Alaska and Canada's Yukon and Northwest Territories.
In Sweden and the rest of northern Europe, the full moon emerged from Earth's shadow as the natural satellite rose on Saturday night.
—With reporting by Andrew Fazekas
Lunar Eclipse Pictures: See Last Weekend's Red Moon
See what you may have missed: the moon going red for Earthlings in the right places at the right times last weekend.
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