People viewing ‘supermoon’ in the sky through a telescope at Regional Science Centre in Bhopal on Monday. Photo: PTIMiami: Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, tourist landmarks and beaches worldwide on Monday to catch a glimpse of the closest “supermoon” to Earth in almost seven decades. Loud cheers went up among the crowd as the moon made brief appearances between heavy, grey clouds before disappearing. “Supermoon adorns our rocket,” tweeted Peggy Whitson, the Nasa astronaut who will be on that flight. In Poland, the great rivalry between Warsaw and the old royal capital Krakow reared its head as heavy clouds thwarted moongazers in the former.

Source: Mint November 15, 2016 04:06 UTC