Posted on 09/05/2023 1:13:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The last full moon was doubly unusual. First of all, it was a blue moon. A modern definition of a blue moon is a second full moon to occur during one calendar month. Since there are 13 full moons in 2023, one month has to have two -- and that month was August. The first full moon was on August 1 and named a Sturgeon Moon. The second reason that the last full moon was unusual was because it was a supermoon. A modern definition of supermoon is a moon that reaches its full phase when it is relatively close to Earth -- and so appears a bit larger and brighter than average. Pictured, the blue supermoon of 2023 was imaged hovering far behind a historic castle and lighthouse in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
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There are people stupid enough to think. This means the moon turns the color blue. All this means is that it’s a second full moon with an a month.
A “Sturgeon Moon”?
When does the Crappie Moon occur?
Call me crazy, but that looks like a fully functioning death star.
We'll we've had 50 years to go to Alpha Centauri to lodge a formal complaint, so it's a bit late to complain about it now.
It almost looks like the light house is piercing the moon.
Damn' you!! You owe me a new monitor!
That’s a big pizza pie!
The size in the photo is done by backing off in distance from the lighthouse and using a long focal length lens. That makes distant background objects look huge compared to the foreground object.
Beautiful! Two of my wife’s favorite subjects- lighthouses, and Sicily.
I checked out the photographer’s page on Flickr. He takes a lot of photos like that. He’s very talented, and having Sicily for a photography subject gives him a rich environment.
Bellissimo!
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