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Credit & Copyright:
José Carlos González
Explanation:
In this beach and skyscape from Alicante, Spain,
July's Full Moon shines in the dark blue twilight,
its reflection coloring the
Mediterranean waters.
Near the horizon, the moonlight is reddened by
its long path through the atmosphere, but this
Full Moon was also near perigee, the closest point to
Earth along
the Moon's elliptical orbit.
That made it a Supermoon,
a mighty 14% larger and 30% brighter
than a Full Moon at apogee, the Moon's farthest orbital swing.
Of course, most warm summer nights are a good time
to enjoy a family meal oceanside,
but what fish do you catch on the night
of a Supermoon?
They must be Moon breams ...
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