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Watch this time lapse of the supermoon eclipse

If you missed last night’s skyshow, check out this recap of the astronomical phenomenon.

The moon is partially covered by the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse in this combination picture taken in Cape Town, September 28, 2015. Sky-watchers around the world were treated when the shadow of Earth cast a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year. The total "supermoon" lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon" is one that appears bigger and brighter than usual as it reaches the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

By Kristin Toussaint @kristindakota

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Did you sit outside to watch all five hours of the supermoon eclipse last night? If not, no worries—here’s all five hours condensed into 12 seconds, courtesy of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.

From the summit of Mount Washington—the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288 feet—the nonprofit scientific center witnessed the astronomical phenomenon where the moon is at its closet point to Earth while there’s a lunar eclipse, leaving the moon with an eerie, blood-red tint.

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