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Stunning photos capture August's Sturgeon Moon
The August full Moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, illuminated the sky over the UK on Thursday night.
As an added bonus the Sun, Earth, and Moon lined up to create a lunar eclipse in parts of the world.
BBC Weather Watchers captured stunning photos of the celestial display - which reached its peak pre-dawn across the UK.
In many areas the Moon took on a reddish appearance.
Breaks in the cloud above the White Cliffs meant WeatherWatcher 'Selsey Bill' got a view of the partial eclipse.
During a partial lunar eclipse, as experienced in the UK, the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to temporarily move into the Earth's shadow.
Only part of the Moon entered the darkest section of that shadow, known as the umbra so it was not completely cut off from sunlight.
Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reached the Moon.
These wavelengths are then reflected back towards Earth, giving the eclipsed Moon its reddish colour.
Stunning view of the partial lunar eclipse in Petersfield, Hampshire