Gallery: Incredible Supermoon Photos from Around the Globe
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The supermoon appears behind the Fernsehturm television tower in Berlin, Germany on November 14, 2016.
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The supermoon looks like an enormous egg yolk above mountains near Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Nov. 14, 2016.
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Riders in an Emirates Air Line cable car take in the full moon near London's Docklands on November 13, 2016.
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The supermoon looks surreal beside the buildings of Madrid in this photo, taken November 13, 2016.
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The supermoon appears behind a row of sculptures lining the roof of a tower in the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 14, 2016.
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A crowd in Fremantle, Australia, gathers to admire the supermoon near the Fremantle War Memorial at Monument Hill on November 14, 2016.
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The supermoon rises above a field in Heho, Myanmar's Shan state, on November 14, 2016.
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Visitors to the Acropolis in Athens enjoy a unique view of the supermoon, framed by ruins of the Propylaea, on November 14, 2016.
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The supermoon casts a statue in silhouette at the Nature and History Museum in Vienna, Austria on November 14, 2016.
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