... Hugging the horizon, a dark red Moon greeted early morning skygazers in eastern Atlantic regions on December 21, as the total phase of 2010's Solstice Lunar Eclipse began near moonset. ... If the glow appears as a faint band of light running across the whole sky, you are probably seeing the combined light from the billions of stars that compose our Milky Way Galaxy. ... Remarkably, the total lunar eclipse coincided with the date of the December Solstice. ... Hidden Galaxy IC 342 . ... December . ...