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Photos: Total eclipse of the supermoon

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Total lunar eclipse
Twelve photos show the stages of a total lunar eclipse in Gaiberg, Germany, Sunday night. Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event when a swollen "supermoon" and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing Earth's satellite bathed in blood-red light.
Daniel Roland | AFP/Getty Images

Skygazers around the world stepped outside and looked upward Sunday night as the once-in-a-generation supermoon total eclipse took over the skies.

The next one won't happen until 2033.

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Ankara, Turkey
TURKEY — The "blood moon," seen here from Ankara, Turkey, appeared in stages across the planet as the satellite reached its closest orbital point to Earth, called perigee, while in its brightest phase.
Adem Altan | AFP/Getty Images
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Total lunar eclipse
Twelve photos show the stages of a total lunar eclipse in Gaiberg, Germany, Sunday night. Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event when a swollen "supermoon" and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing Earth's satellite bathed in blood-red light.
Daniel Roland | AFP/Getty Images
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Turning Torso building, Malmo, Sweden
SWEDEN — The supermoon appears behind the Turning Torso building in the southern Swedish town of Malmo.
Johan Nilsson | AFP/Getty Images