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Credit & Copyright: Chris Cook Photography     
     
     
Explanation:
A red Moon rose     
over Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA     
on March 3rd, immersed in Earth's shadow     
near the total phase of a lunar eclipse.     
     
This serene     
portrait     
of the eclipsed Moon in a dark blue twilight sky     
also features the     
Highland Lighthouse (aka Cape Cod lighthouse),     
another more locally familiar beacon in the night.     
     
Now automated, the 66 foot tall structure in use today was built     
in 1857.     
     
How often has there been an eclipse within view of the Highland light?     
     
For locations on planet Earth there are about two     
eclipse     
seasons each year.     
     
So, eclipses have actually had many     
chances     
to be part of the     
pictorial history     
of the Highland Lighthouse,     
including a total solar eclipse     
in 1932.     
     
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