The spectacular full “blood moon” came and went on Friday night, and the world didn’t end, despite some prophecies.
Sadly, the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century wasn’t visible from the U.S. (although one on Jan. 19, 2019, will be visible from across North America). So, to make up for it, here are 33 stunning photographs taken by stargazers across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia:
Behind the silhouette of a man riding a bicycle in Van, Turkey. (Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
This combination photo shows the lunar eclipse from a blood moon (top left) back to full moon (bottom right) in the sky over Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters)
Rising beside a statue of the ancient Greek god Apollo in central Athens, Greece. (Photo: ARIS MESSINIS via Getty Images)
An Emirati man uses a telescope to take a picture of the lunar eclipse of a full "Blood Moon" at Al Sadeem Observatory in Al Wathba near Abu Dhabi. (Photo: Christopher Pike / Reuters)
Over Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters)
Next to the statue of the ancient Greek goddess Irine in Athens, Greece. (Photo: ARIS MESSINIS via Getty Images)
People shine laser lights toward the moon in the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, southwest of Cairo. (Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters)
The "Blood Moon" is seen over Jerusalem. (Photo: Ammar Awad / Reuters)
People in a field watch the moon over the skyline of Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters)
The moon passes over an Armenian Apostolic Church cathedral in Yerevan. (Photo: KAREN MINASYAN via Getty Images)
The moon rises behind the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: Christopher Pike / Reuters)
Seen in the southern Bavarian village of Raisting, near Munich. (Photo: Michael Dalder / Reuters)
Next to the old city hall in Munich. (Photo: Stringer . / Reuters)
A sinking "blood moon" is seen after a full lunar eclipse in the southern Bavarian village of Raisting, near Munich. (Photo: Michael Dalder / Reuters)
People gather to watch the moon in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo: WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
This combination of 14 pictures shows the moon during a total lunar eclipse near to La Puente town on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife. (Photo: DESIREE MARTIN via Getty Images)
The eclipse alongside a sculpture by American artist Jonathan Borofsky in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Photo: FREDERICK FLORIN via Getty Images)
Behind a silhouette in Bingol, Turkey. (Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Beside the dome of the Wilayah mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo: MOHD RASFAN via Getty Images)
As it passes by Kuwait Towers in Kuwait City. (Photo: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT via Getty Images)
In Rome. (Photo: Franco Origlia via Getty Images)
Over the church of San Giuseppe Falegname in Rome. (Photo: Franco Origlia via Getty Images)
Behind the silhouette of an airplane in Van, Turkey. (Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rising behind the Hohenzollern Castle in Hechingen, Germany. (Photo: Matthias Hangst via Getty Images)
In Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir. (Photo: Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
Over the Qolsharif Mosque in Kazan, Russia. (Photo: Yegor Aleyev via Getty Images)
Behind the Colosseum in Rome. (Photo: TIZIANA FABI via Getty Images)
Over Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: CARL DE SOUZA via Getty Images)
Above the skyscrapers of Hong Kong. (Photo: Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
Another shot of the moon over the Qolsharif Mosque in Kazan, Russia. (Photo: Yegor Aleyev via Getty Images)
In Cierna Nad Tisou, Slovakia. (Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
From the eastern Turkish city of Tunceli. (Photo: BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
Over the Festung Hohensalzburg castle in Salzburg, Austria. (Photo: BARBARA GINDL via Getty Images)
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