Gorgeous Pictures Of The Supermoon Around The World

[Buster's Uncle]

Gorgeous Pictures Of The Supermoon Around The World
Business Insider
By Dina Spector and Michael B Kelley  4 hours ago



Sunday night, Aug. 10, marked your second chance this summer to see the supermoon, when the moon appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than your ordinary full moon.

Supermoons occur when a full moon occurs at the same time that it reaches its closet point to Earth in orbit, known as "perigee."

"For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, low-hanging moons look unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects," Tony Phillips explains in NASA Science News. "When the Moon illusion amplifies a perigee Moon, the swollen orb rising in the east at sunset can seem super indeed."

Your next chance to see a supermoon will be on Sept 9.

Here's a look at Sunday night's moon.



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A supermoon rises over Tower Bridge in London August 10, 2014.



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A full moon known as "supermoon" rises over the skyline of New York and the Empire State Building as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey, August 10, 2014.



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A supermoon is pictured behind a tree as it rises, in Brasilia, August 10, 2014. The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.



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The supermoon rises over the stars of Moscow's Kremlin towers in Moscow August 10, 2014.



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A two-headed eagle, the national symbol of Russia, is seen in front of the supermoon as it rises over the towers of Historical Museum in Moscow August 10, 2014.



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Children watch a full moon known as a "supermoon" while it rises over the skyline of New York and the Empire State Buildin, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey, August 10, 2014.



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A supermoon rises over the Peace Tower on Ottawa's Parliament Hill as seen from Gatineau, Quebec August 10, 2014. The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.



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The Supermoon rises over the Four Towers Business Area in Madrid August 10, 2014.



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The supermoon rises behind Oberbaum Bridge as a train passes through in Berlin August 10, 2014. The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.


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[Buster's Uncle]

'Supermoon' Photos: Biggest Full Moon of 2014 Wows Stargazers
SPACE.com
By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer  21 minutes ago



An astrophotographer captured this photo of the supermoon rising behind a lighthouse and some observers on Aug. 10, 2014.



Photographers around the world ventured outside Sunday (Aug. 10) to snap photos of the bright, full "supermoon" rising in the night sky.

August's full moon — called a supermoon because it is occurred when the moon was closest to Earth in its orbit — wowed skywatchers, inspiring some of them to turn their cameras skyward to catch breathtaking views of the biggest full moon of 2014. Some photographers had to wait for a break in the clouds to capture their images, while others chased the moon to different observing sites.

"Cloud threatened the party in Wellington, New Zealand, so I drove for a few hours to a location where I have spent many nights photographing the stars at Cape Palliser," photographer Mark Gee told Space.com via email of his submission featuring the moon with a lighthouse. "It was certainly tricky to get a perfect lineup and it didn't work out exactly as planned, but I'm still happy with the result!"

In San Diego, California, photographer Adam Nixon captured spectacular views of the supermoon rising over the city skyline, as well as views of bright moonlight glittering on the San Diego Bay.

Sunday's supermoon was about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger in the sky than the smallest full moon of the year, which occurred in Jan. 16, NASA scientist Noah Petro told Space.com in a video interview. While casual observers of the moon might not have been able to notice a difference in brightness of scale during the supermoon, intrepid stargazers could probably see a slight change in the moon's brilliance, Petro added.

The extra large full moon is actually the second of three supermoons occuring in July, August and September. The next supermoon will occur on Sept. 9.



Photographer Adam Nixon snapped this photo of the supermoon rising over downtown San Diego on Aug. 10, 2014.


One night sky photographer, Giuseppe Petricca of Sulmona, Abruzzo in Italy, combined his images of the smallest and biggest full moons of 2014 to show exactly what the size difference looks like.

"The difference is always stunning, and awesome too!" Petricca told Space.com in an email, adding that his comparison photo was made using the same camera shot settings and zoom to "assure the correct sizes and display." "From this comparison it's really clear even the difference in libration, just observe the crater Tycho!"

During its full phase Sunday, the moon was about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) closer to Earth than it is during its farthest point in orbit. On average, the moon circles the Earth from approximately 238,855 miles (384,400 km) away.

"This is the largest, brightest, closest moon in 3.5 years, and it's happening the same hour in which it's full," Slooh Community Observatory astronomer Bob Berman said during a webcast about the supermoon on Sunday. "There's nothing not to like about this."

Readers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, the United States and other places around the globe sent amazing images of the giant moon to Space.com.



Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy photographed the biggest full moon of 2014 on Aug. 10, 2014 (a supermoon) and compared it to the smallest full moon of the year on Jan. 16, 2014, in this stunning view.


Tim McCord, a photographer in Entiat, Washington captured an image of the moon glowing orange through a smoky haze. "No filter or photoshop," McCord told Space.com of the red glow via email. "True color of what the moon looked like."

A trick of the eye called the "moon illusion" makes the natural satellite loom larger when it is close to the horizon. Photographers can use this shift in perception to their advantage by catching the horizon-hugging moon with other objects, creating beautiful, unreal looking images. Astrophotographers snapped images of the supermoon glowing behind a bat, a cactus and a speedboat.

The moon typically looks full a day or two before and a day or two after the cosmic body actually turns full phase. This reporter caught sight of the moon from Fire Island, New York on Saturday (Aug. 9) before it hit full phase the next day. The bright moon washed out the sky, lighting up the night to the point where streetlights barely seemed necessary and only the brightest stars could be seen.

Editor's Note: If you snapped an amazing lunar photo of the "supermoon" full moon in August and would like to share it with Space.com for a gallery or story, you can send images and comment in to managing editor Tariq Malik at: spacephotos@space.com.


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[Geo]

I liked the Brazilian one best.
But I wonder where the lighthouse picture was taken (first pic of the second article) because of the angle of the image ln the face of the Moon.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hmmm.  Not a North Carolinian lighthouse - the stripes are red.  It's on a cliffside, for that matter.

The photographer has stuff shot in New Zealand and Australia on his site and is based in Wellington...

[Geo]

Well, it sure ain't Cape Reinga lighthouse in New Zealand.
I somehow expected the "face of the moon" to be upside down compared to our latitudes, but its only a quarter turned "to to left".

[Buster's Uncle]

Looks upside-down to me.

[Buster's Uncle]

Just How Super Was the Supermoon?
The Atlantic Wire
By David Ludwig  42 minutes ago


Sunday night marked the arrival of the much awaited "supermoon," the not very scientific-sounding name for when a full moon is closest to the earth.

Media outlets told us to get our binoculars ready for the arrival of this Godzilla while astrologists quibbled that the supermoon probably wouldn't look any larger to the human eye than a normal full moon.   

Well, the pictures are in and we've collected the best images of the lunar spectacle from 13 different countries. 

Was the super moon really out of this world? You be the judge. 


Brasilia, Brazil

The moon appears larger than normal pictured behind a tree in Brazil (Reuters)


Tokyo, Japan

The supermoon rises behind a ferris wheel in Japan (Reuters)


Washington D.C., United States

The "Peace Monument" on the U.S. Capital (AP)


Warsaw, Poland

The moon behind a Jesus Christ statue at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw (AP)


Madrid, Spain

A couple chatting outside in Madrid (AP)


Rasing, Austria

The supermoon shines through trees in a forest near Rasing (AP)


Wanda, Australia

Virginia Maddock watches the moon in a suburb of Sydney (Reuters)


Munich, Germany

The supermoon rises behind a church in Munich (AP)


Mosta, Malta

Fireworks celebrating a patron saint pass the moon near Mosta (Reuters)


Berlin, Germany

The moon behind a bridge in Berlin (Reuters)


Sierra de las Nieves, Spain

In between El Burgo and Ronda, near Malaga in southern Spain.


Sydney, Australia

The moon rising over the Sydney Opera House (Reuters)


Moscow, Russia

The moon over the stars on the Kremlin in Moscow (Reuters)


This article was originally published at http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/08/just-how-super-was-the-super-moon/375874/


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