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Star gazers admired the supermoon

From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon - the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades - as it made its way across the Earth’s skies.But in a rare combination that will not be repeated until 2033, some lunar enthusiasts were treated to a blood moon, supermoon combination.For more than an hour on Sunday night and early on Monday morning, Earth`s shadow blanketed the full moon as it passed between the sun and the moon.The brilliant white glow of the moon slowly transformed into a dim red, a colouring caused by Earth`s atmosphere scattering sunlight into the shadow.‘I think the last time I can remember this sort of [activity] is when I was very small, when Hale-Bopp came. Back then my parents took me [to watch],’ said Hsieh Wei-Ting, 36, who lined up with scores of people in Taipei to look at the moon through telescopes in the Taiwanese capital.‘It was like climbing a mountain to look at the stars.’In New York City, the Chrysler Building lit up when the supermoon set behind the Art Deco-style skyscraper, and photographers captured the moon rising over the US Capitol dome in Washington DC.In Boston, real estate agent Jamie Iacoi filmed video from his roof deck on Sunday.Spectators lined up in France, Israel, Greece and Germany to watch the moon rise behind famous monuments like the Eiffel Tower, Dormition Abbey, and the Brandenburg Gate.The full moon also shone over Jakarta in Indonesia and Thailand`s Bangkok while in the Philippines, park-goers watched the spectacle in Manila.In Australia, some sky-watchers climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to get a closer view of the moon as it ducked between the clouds over the city.Source: ABC News