Earth's umbra leaves the Moon's surface, in Delhi

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The stage of Lunar Eclipse where the earth's umbra leaves the Moon's surface. This was shot from the roof of Wilderness Films India Ltd., 1 Factory Road, New Delhi. This eclipse took place on 10th December 2011. The moon's bright white glow turned into coppery, luminescent orange as the lunar surface was completely covered by the earth's shadow during the last total lunar eclipse of this year. The 51 minute-long spectacle of the moon being eclipsed and then turning cerise was visible all over the country, including the national capital. The earth passed between the sun and the moon, casting a ruddy orange glow across the shiny, meteorite-battered lunar surface. A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth in course of its orbit around the sun, comes between the moon and sun in such a way that moo