The evening following the eclipse, almost an hour after sunset, the moon rose as normal into an early darkened sky.
Still close to the horizon, it was showing the effect the Earth’s atmosphere can have on the light coming from the moon.
The distortions are there every moonrise. It is rare that we can see them as clearly as they are shown in this image.
Filed under: science | Tagged: atmospheric distortion, moonrise
Wow!
Beautiful! It looks like a cantelope.
@ az, yep, that’s what I said when I saw the image
@ Kym, the colour is amazing and the shape is definitely not a circle
See, the moon really is made of cheese — sharp cheddar — and someone has helped himself to a bit.
Just a little nibble – but I am sure it was delicious.
great, apik tenan
Thank you.