Moon watchers in San Diego saw the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years Thursday night into Friday morning despite concerns the winter storm that hit San Diego was going to impact visibility.

In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse.

A view of the darkened Moon from Somerset early on Friday The red Moon visible from Hornchurch in east London in the early hours of Friday morning Early-rising stargazers in the UK woke up to a lunar eclipse just before dawn on Friday.