Total Lunar Eclipse

Bruce Stokes sent us this picture of the lunar eclipse taken from Exhall, Coventry

Did you see the rare total lunar eclipse in Coventry and Warwickshire?

For the first time in centuries, the eclipse coincided with the winter solstice, exciting pagans and stargazers in equal measure.
The total lunar eclipse happened around 0700 on Tuesday, 21 December in partially cloudy skies.
During the eclipse, the full Moon passed through the shadow created by the Earth and turned a copper colour as the Sun's light was blocked.

Local view

Manny Coulon took a series of photographs from Dunchurch, near Rugby

Experts said the best viewing conditions for the eclipse were from North and Central America, parts of Northern Europe and East Asia.
However, some of you were lucky with the partial cloud cover in Coventry and Warwickshire. Bruce Stokes sent us the stunning photograph above, taken in Exhall near Coventry.
Manny Coulon has sent us a series of photographs showing the progress of the Earth's shadow across the Moon.