Two images from an awesome, historic week of Moon.

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Both via Boston.com's "The Big Picture."

Above (click for large size): A NASA photo of a young Neil Armstrong, 1966. (view the full Apollo mission photoset here).

Below: (click for large size) the longest eclipse of the century, seen beyond a statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Chennai, India, July 22, 2009 - REUTERS/Babu)

(All spotted on missom's blog.)

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