1/18A partial lunar eclipse can be seen in the southern sky’s over Sydney, shot from Dover Heights .pictures John Grainger
Sydney’s stunning lunar eclipse
These are the extraordinary photos from Sydney and around the world of a lunar eclipse occurring on the 50th anniversary of man landing on the Moon.
2/18A partial lunar eclipse can be seen in the southern sky’s over Sydney, shot from Dover Heights .pictures John Grainger
3/18The Honeysuckle Creek 26m dish (now relocated and decommissioned to the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (Tidbinbilla). The Honeysuckle Creek was the station which received and relayed to the world the first televised footage of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon on 21 July 1969. Picture Gary Ramage
4/18Wednesday 17 July 2019. 6:38:11am EST. With the 50th anniversary of man landing on the lunar surface a partial eclipse of the moon could be seen from the bush capital. The Honeysuckle Creek, just outside of Canberra was the station which received and relayed to the world the first televised footage of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon on 21 July 1969. Picture Gary Ramage
5/18Lunar Eclipse over the Mooloolah River on Wednesday July 17th 2019. Picture Lachie Millard
6/18Lunar Eclipse over the Mooloolah River on Wednesday July 17th 2019. Picture Lachie Millard
7/18Lunar Eclipse over the Mooloolah River on Wednesday July 17th 2019. Picture Lachie Millard
8/18A Luna Eclipse happened this morning as it set in the west from Hope Island. 17th July 2019 Gold Coast AAP Image/Richard Gosling
9/18LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 16: A partial lunar eclipse appears over the London skyline on July 16, 2019 in London, England. Today marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the US spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
10/18The moon is seen above a statue of "Palazzo della civilta del lavoro" or "Square Colosseum" in the EUR district , during a lunar eclipse in the sky over Rome, on July 16, 2019. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
11/18The partially-eclipsed moon rises against a tower with the name of God in Arabic "Allah," in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
12/18A statue of the Brazil's former President Juscelino Kubitschek, founder of Brasilia, stands during a partial lunar eclipse in the skies over Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The partial lunar eclipse seen all over Brazil came the same day as the 50th anniversary of moon landings. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
13/18Men stand below street lights as the moon rises during a partial lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
14/18Rain cloud over the moon during a partial lunar eclipse, in Yangon on July 17, 2019. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)
15/18The moon is seen behind the Independence Monument during a partial lunar eclipse in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 16, 2019. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)
16/18The moon is seen behind the Independence Monument during a partial lunar eclipse in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 16, 2019. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)
17/18People stand to watch a partial lunar eclipse through a telescope at the Al Thuraya Astronomy Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
18/18People watch at a rising full moon during a partial lunar eclipse, in Rome, late Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The eclipse coincides with the 50th anniversary of the launch, on July 16, 1969, of the Apollo 11 mission that took the first men on the moon. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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