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Posts tagged ‘Full Moon’

ISS in front of the Moon

May 14, 2011

ISS-Moon
The International Space Station, orbiting the Earth, passes in front of the full moon.   Photo Bela Vingler

Moon rises above the cathedral

May 13, 2011

Moon risesThe Full Moon rises above the cathedral of Quimper in Brittany, France. Photograph Laurent Laveder

Rio morning moonset

April 28, 2011

MoonsetAs the Sun rose, a nearly full Moon set in this serene seaside vista captured last Monday from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the foreground, the reddened early morning sunlight illuminates a stretch of South Atlantic coastline.   Image credit: Babak Tafreshi
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Boston Moonrise

March 24, 2011

MoonriseRising on March 19, its exact full phase occurred within an hour of perigee, the closest point in the Moon’s orbit to Earth. As a result it appeared some 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than a Full Moon near apogee, the most distant point in the elliptical lunar orbit.  Photographer Dennis Di Cicco.
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Full moon over Chile

March 20, 2011

Full moon-ChileThe dazzling full moon sets behind the Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert in this photo released June 7, 2010 by the European Southern Observatory. The moon appears larger than normal due to an optical illusion of perspective.
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Supermoon- biggest full moon in 18 years

March 18, 2011

SupermoonTomorrow the moon will make its closest approach to Earth in 18 years—making the so-called supermoon the biggest full moon in years. And despite Internet rumors, the impending phenomenon had no influence on the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Photograph Anthony Ayiomamitis.
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Biggest full moon in 19 years, linked to massive natural disasters

March 11, 2011

full moonOn March 19th, the moon will be closer to Earth than it’s been since 1992. The full moon that night will appear about 14 percent larger and significantly brighter than usual, but despite the brightness, the supermoon has a dark side…
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Full Moon Over Mount Rainier

February 7, 2011

Full Moon

The above photo shows the full Moon of July 24, 2010 centered directly above the ever picturesque Mount Rainier, Washington.  Photographer: Sally Budack

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Sacred Moon

February 1, 2011

full moonThe photo above showing a persimmon colored Moon linking the spires of Ottobeuren Abbey  in Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany was captured on June 26, 2010.
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Full Moon Frankish Castle in Aliveri-Greece

December 20, 2010

Full Moon Castle

Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos

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