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We asked for 'em, and you sent 'em in: here are great images of the perigee Moon on May 5, 2012, the largest full Moon of the year taken by our readers.
[caption id="attachment_95029" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="The perigee Moon as seen in Opelika, Alabama USA. Credit: Jacob Marchio. "]
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[caption id="attachment_95037" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The Supermoon on a finger, as seen in Aguilas, Murcia Spain. Credit: Tapani Isomäki"]
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[caption id="attachment_95031" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="An artist's view of the 'Supermoon.' Credit: Omer Sidat."]
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[caption id="attachment_95032" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Largest Full Moon for 2012 from Dayton, Ohio USA. Credit: John Chumack."]
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[caption id="attachment_95033" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Perigee Moon on May 5, 2012 from Altamonte Springs, Florida USA. Credit: Austin Russie."]
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[caption id="attachment_95035" align="aligncenter" width="458" caption="A shy supermoon from Brick Landing, North Carolina USA. Credit: Tavi Greiner."]
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[caption id="attachment_95036" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The supermoon from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Credit: jimctu on Flickr"]
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[caption id="attachment_95038" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Preparing for a Supermoon, on May 3, 2012 from Wauseon, Ohio. Credit: Bill Schlosser."]
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[caption id="attachment_95039" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="A lovely Moonrise at Soldier's Beach off the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Kerry Middlemiss"]
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[caption id="attachment_95042" align="aligncenter" width="449" caption="'Taken from the Marin Headlands with about 573 other photographer friends. I used my Orion ED Refractor telescope for a lens,' said photographer Ted Judah. "]
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[caption id="attachment_95043" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Supermoon over the Pacific, taken at Goblets Beach in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Credit: Jonathan Vail. "]
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[caption id="attachment_95044" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="Full Super Moon rising over UC Berkeley Sather Tower Campanile and International House. Credit: Ira Serkes."]
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[caption id="attachment_95045" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="Super full Moon over Tucson, Arizona, USA. Credit: 'Sifted Reality' on Flickr."]
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[caption id="attachment_95046" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Digiscope of the 2012 Supermoon, São Paulo, Brazil. Credit: Monica, 'MoniBR' on Flickr. "]
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[caption id="attachment_95047" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The perigee full Moon from Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. Credit: Jamie Rich."]
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[caption id="attachment_95048" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The perigee Moon from Toronto, Canada. Credit: Rick Ellis. "]
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[caption id="attachment_95152" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The Moon on May 6, 2012 in Mandan, North Dakota, USA. Credit: Jola Boehm"]
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And speaking of images from 'around the world,' here's one from the International Space Station:
[caption id="attachment_95041" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The perigee full Moon on May 5, 2012, as seen through Earth's atmosphere, which bends the light from the Moon, making it appear squished. Credit: Andre Kuipers/ESA/NASA"]
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Thanks to everyone who sent in their images and posted them to our Flickr page. See more images and find more from our contributors at
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