A total lunar eclipse was observed Tuesday throughout the Western Hemisphere and parts of Asia. This is the second total lunar eclipse of 2007.

Pictures taken from Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province on August 28, 2007 show the moon enters into the earth's shadow in four pictures (L-R), from fully lit to a total lunar eclipse. Normally lit by reflected sunlight, the moon passed through the shadow of the rarth over a period of several hours.

(China Daily/Xinhua News Agency August 29, 2007)