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Monday, 7 May 2012

Light fantastic: The 'supermoon's' spectacular show as our cosmic sidekick appears in its biggest and brightest form

For those patient enough to stay up, it was worth the wait. These stunning pictures show this weekend’s ‘supermoon’, a phenomenon which causes the moon to appear bigger and brighter than usual. The spectacle was captured at landmarks across the globe, including the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro and the Temple of Poseidon near Athens. But there was one country that mostly missed out. Large swathes of Britain were covered in cloud when the lunar event took place, with only those in the North-East and South-West of England and Wales having any chance of spotting the phenomenon...read more>>>..