Friday, March 25, 2011

A FULL MOON

 

On Saturday 19 March 2011, the moon 220,625 miles away, making it seem brighter and yellower and creating the eye-catching 'super moon' effect.

It was the first time since January 19, 1992, that the moon has been so close to the Earth. At its furthest, it can be 250,000 miles away.

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An aircraft flies past the moon over Somerset on Saturday night as it is at its closest point to the earth for almost two decades. It appears the moon is being sliced in half.

close_encounter_supermoon_02Revellers stand beside St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, watching the moon as it is at its closest point to Earth for two decades

close_encounter_supermoon_03The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC

close_encounter_supermoon_04   Moonhattan: The oversized moon adds to the lights of New York City as it rises over the city skyline

close_encounter_supermoon_05 Something for everyone: Tourists, star-gazers and simple star-crossed lovers gathered to watch the moon rise over New York's East River

close_encounter_supermoon_06 The moon is seen behind the top of the radio and television tower 'Funkturm' in Berlin

close_encounter_supermoon_07The moon as seen from the end of Worthing Pier in Sussex, looking east towards Beachy Head

close_encounter_supermoon_08  In the backdrop of a minaret of a mosque, over Karachi city, Pakistan.

close_encounter_supermoon_09A seagull flies in front of a full perigee moon in Yangon, Myanmar

close_encounter_supermoon_10  A rugby match in Headingley, Leeds is bathed in an orange glow

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