The Moon enters a total eclipse as seen in Bangkok. (Photo credit: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Some magnificent photos of the eclipse which occurred on Saturday, December 10, 2011.

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Sufi shrine, Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan

The eclipse illuminates a statue of Buddha in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

A full moon lunar eclipse seen in Karachi Pakiston. (Photo credit: ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

A mosque above Jerusalem’s Old City. (Photo credit: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Four different moments of lunar eclipse in the sky in Beijing. (Photo credit: LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Charles R. Jones II took this photo of the total lunar eclipse Dec. 10 from Phoenix, Ariz.

San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. (Photo credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

The Moon enters a total eclipse as seen in Bangkok. (Photo credit: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Turret Arch at Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah

Over the Golden Gate Bridge