Full Moon and Boston Light

Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2017-07-13 · NASA (public domain)

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Full Moon and Boston Light — APOD for 2017-07-13

This well-planned telephoto timelapse captures July's Full Moon rise across outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, planet Earth . In the foreground, the historic terrestrial beacon is known as Boston Light . July's Full Moon is known to some as a Thunder Moon, likely a reference to the sounds of the northern summer month's typically stormy weather. But the eastern sky was clear for this video sequence . Near the horizon, the long sight-line through atmospheric layers filters and refracts the moonlight, causing the rising Moon's reddened color, ragged edges and distorted shape.

Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2017-07-13 — image & explanation courtesy of NASA (public domain), mirrored at Tukuk-OS for reading and search convenience.

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