Giant Supermoon Lights Up Sky Across Globe

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div> <div class="story__standfirst" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-bottom: 40px; max-width: 64%;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Spectacular images are captured of the lunar spectacle from around the world, after a cosmonaut photographs a "moonset" in space.</span></b></span></div> <div class="last-updated" style="bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 40px; max-width: 40%; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right;"> <div class="last-updated__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /> <section class="story__media" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="module module--primary" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; width: 660px;"> <div class="module gallery gallery--4x3" style="-webkit-transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="gallery__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 66000px;"> <ol aria-labelledby="gallery__teaser--1316264" class="gallery__list" style="-webkit-transform: translateX(-22%); box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 66000px;"> <li aria-hidden="true" class="gallery__item gallery__item--last gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--first gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328560/default/v1/brasilia-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328560/default/v1/brasilia-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The moon's seasonal proximity to the Earth has led to a series of dazzling images from the night sky. Here, it is pictured behind a tree as it rises, in Brasilia, Brazil.</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328555/default/v1/bangkok-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328555/default/v1/bangkok-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The moon seen over Thailand's capital, Bangkok</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328556/default/v1/monterrey-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328556/default/v1/monterrey-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A couple take a photo in Monterrey, Mexico</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328557/default/v1/manila-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328557/default/v1/manila-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A deep blue sky provides a backdrop to the supermoon in Manila, the Philippines</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328558/default/v1/malta-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328558/default/v1/malta-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fireworks streak past in front of the supermoon outside the town of Mosta, in Malta</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328500/default/v2/aussie-surfers-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328500/default/v2/aussie-surfers-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A surfer paddles on to a wave as the supermoon rises behind him beside a Sydney beach, Australia</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328501/default/v2/ancient-greece-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328501/default/v2/ancient-greece-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon passes over the Temple of Poseidon, at Cape Sounion, east of Athens</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328527/default/v1/supermoon-10-aug-2014-jamie-cooper-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328527/default/v1/supermoon-10-aug-2014-jamie-cooper-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sky News viewer Jamie Cooper sent this picture in with the moon over London</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328503/default/v2/malta-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328503/default/v2/malta-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises behind Mdina Cathedral in Malta</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328502/default/v2/berlin-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328502/default/v2/berlin-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises over Oberbaum bridge in Berlin, Germany, as a train goes past</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328504/default/v2/bosnia-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328504/default/v2/bosnia-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon outshines lights on the minaret of a mosque in Zenica, Bosnia Herzegovina</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328528/default/v1/shiela-hunn-supermoon-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328528/default/v1/shiela-hunn-supermoon-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sky viewer Sheila Hunn captured the moon in Portland, Dorset</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image image--portrait" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="60x80 221x295 372x497 720x960" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328559/default/v1/new-york-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328559/default/v1/new-york-1-720x960.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; left: 21.875%; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 371px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises above the New York skyline</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328561/default/v1/suwon-s-korea-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328561/default/v1/suwon-s-korea-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, South Korea, is seen in front of the moon.</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328505/default/v1/kuwait-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328505/default/v1/kuwait-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises behind Kuwait City's skyline</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328506/default/v2/brazil-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328506/default/v2/brazil-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon descends behind Nossa Senhora da Penha Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328507/default/v2/london-2-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328507/default/v2/london-2-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises over Tower Bridge in London</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328529/default/v1/supermoon-victor-hart-portsmouth-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328529/default/v1/supermoon-victor-hart-portsmouth-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sky viewer Victor Hart took this picture in Porstmouth</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328508/default/v2/madrid-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328508/default/v2/madrid-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon comes up next to the Four Towers Business Area in Madrid, Spain</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328509/default/v2/st-petersburg-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328509/default/v2/st-petersburg-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon is seen behind the St Isaac's Cathedral in the Russian city of St Petersburg</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328510/default/v2/sydney-opera-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328510/default/v2/sydney-opera-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon rises behind the roof of the Sydney Opera House, Australia</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--active" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328438/default/v7/moonset-1-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328438/default/v7/moonset-1-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 578px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has posted a series of pictures of the 'supermoon' moonset, taken from the International Space Station. Pic: Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328440/default/v4/moonset-3-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328440/default/v4/moonset-3-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328441/default/v4/moonset-5-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328441/default/v4/moonset-5-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--last gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> </div> </li> <li aria-hidden="true" class="gallery__item gallery__item--first gallery__item--inactive" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 660px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 495px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 495px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 660px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328560/default/v1/brasilia-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328560/default/v1/brasilia-1-1600x1200.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 495px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 4.125rem 15px 16px;"> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The moon's seasonal proximity to the Earth has led to a series of dazzling images from the night sky. Here, it is pictured behind a tree as it rises, in Brasilia, Brazil.</span></div> </div> </li> </ol> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" class="gallery__control-container" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 495px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 660px; z-index: 100;"> <div class="gallery__area gallery__area--left" data-direction="left" style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 495px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 330px;"> <button class="gallery__control gallery__control--left" data-direction="left" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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position: relative;"><div class="story__intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stargazers around the globe have been dazzled by the biggest and brightest "supermoon" of the year.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Known as the perigee moon or supermoon, the moon appeared 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal as it reached the point in its orbit closest to the Earth, known as perigee.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Many took photos of the lunar spectacle, which comes two days before the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And before the supermoon became visible to people on Earth, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took a series of pictures of the event as seen from the International Space Station.</span></div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328438/default/v7/moonset-1-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328438/default/v7/moonset-1-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328440/default/v4/moonset-3-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328440/default/v4/moonset-3-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon 'moonset' seen from the ISS. Pic: Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos</span></div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The images posted on his Twitter account show the moon slowly disappearing behind the Earth, in what Mr Artemyev called a "moonset".</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The moon's distance from Earth varies between approximately 217,480 miles (350,000km) and 248,548 miles (400,000km) because of its oval orbit, meaning it appears to be various sizes when seen from our planet. It got as close as 221,765 miles (356,896km) overnight.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr Bill Cooke from the US space agency Nasa's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the luminous supermoon risked drowning out the meteor shower.</span></div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328441/default/v4/moonset-5-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328441/default/v4/moonset-5-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pic: Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos</span></div> </div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/10/328439/default/v4/moonset-6-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Lunar glare wipes out the black-velvety backdrop required to see faint meteors, and sharply reduces counts," he said.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr Cooke added that the Perseids were also "rich in fireballs as bright as Jupiter or Venus" that would remain visible despite the moon's glare.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The supermoon tends to bring high and low tides, but claims that it is linked to natural disasters like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions have been denied by experts.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An unusually bright full supermoon was also seen on July 12, and is due to appear again on September 9.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Supermoons usually occur every 13 months and 18 days, but are not always noticed because of clouds or poor weather.</span></div> <div> Go here and watch in detail (25 photos taken from different parts of the globe last night)     http://news.sky.com/story/1316586/giant-supermoon-lights-up-sky-across-globe</div> </section><section class="partner-links" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 60px; max-width: 540px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="partner-links__external" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </section></div> </div> </div>

Giant Supermoon Lights Up Sky Across Globe

Spectacular images are captured of the lunar spectacle from around the world, after a cosmonaut photographs a "moonset" in spac...

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