Posted on 09/16/2011 3:27:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: A Full Moon rising can be a dramatic celestial sight, and Full Moons can have many names. For example, Monday's Full Moon was the one nearest this year's autumnal equinox for the northern hemisphere, traditionally called the Harvest Moon. According to lore the name is a fitting one because farmers could work late into the night at the end of the growing season harvesting crops by moonlight. This serene telephoto image captures this September's harvest moonrise from Turin, Italy. In silhouette against an orange lunar disk is Turin's hilltop Basilica of Superga.
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[Credit: Stefano De Rosa]
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I have a theory. We now look toward September 11th, which seems early enough in the month, then spend a day or two reflecting on it afterwards when we notice the month's half over.
Hey is that a US flag I see flying on the moon. Oh wait, that was on Mars wasn’t it....according to Sheila Jackson Lee.
That Klingon Bird of Prey’s cloaking device must be malfunctioning.
Awww. Don’t be too hard on yourself - APOD’s always clicked on over here...
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#3...Is it atmospheric ‘lensing’, or an optional illusion (I made that up) that makes the moon appear so large?
(I’m not sure we really know, or do we?)
September has a whole new meaning for us now.
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Yes, look on the bright side, Civ. That’s a lovely (if slightly blurry) picture.
It’s a basilica, a church. Not a mosque. Yet.
It’s been a spectacular moon this year. So bright.
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