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To mark this anniversary we've decided to look to the sky and offer tips and tricks for photographing the moon. As you will see from the sample images in this gallery, you can capture amazing lunar images with an ordinary camera.
Read the tips in the photo gallery below, and then link us in the comments to any moon pics you've snapped (we'll suspend our "no HTML" rule just this once). If you're feeling generous, share your "how to shoot the moon" secrets with the Mashable readership.
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