The skies were lit up with a rare blue supermoon in south Essex last night as many as many avid stargazers watched the rare lunar event.
This was the second full moon of August, which is why it is named a blue moon, and was unusually close to Earth, classing it as a supermoon.
Most months usually have one full moon, so this is a very rare event.
The next blue supermoon will not be seen again until 2037.
Some of the Echo's camera club members captured magnificent photos of the rare supermoon last night and in the early hours this morning.
Stephen Causton took a dazzling shot of the blue moon over the estuary.
Kim Chenery got up at 2.15am this morning to get pictures of the blue moon through the clouds.
Paul Gordon took his photo using his DSLR through a telescope to get this incredibly detailed photo.
Sharron Page took her photo of the rare supermoon in Shoebury.
Rob Lay took this stunning photo of the supermoon through some leaves.
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