Thursday 27 June 2013
Skypark Moon
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Skypark Moon
If
you look at the full moon in this photograph taken over the weekend at the tip
of the harbor Bay Sands Skypark in Singapore and reflection, "Gee, that chock-full
moon looks superior and brighter than normal," you would have been
correct.
The photo, snap by
Cheng Kiang Ng, was submitted to National Geographic's Your Shot the people as part of
a weekend hashtag assignment called #supermoon.
On Sunday, our lunar
neighbor made its closest approach to Earth for the 2013 calendar year,
appearing 8 percent larger and 17 percent brighter than usual. (Read the full story of this year's supermoon.)
At its closest, the
full moon clock in at a distance of 221,824 miles (356,991 kilometers) from
Earth. That's a bit closer than the typical distance of 226,179 miles (364,000
kilometers).
But what a difference
it made.
"We saw it from
the field with fireflies and hay bales. It bleached out the stars,"tweeted one poetic fan.
Others used the
supermoon as a way to reflect.
"My cat is sad
because yesterday's supermoon caused him to contemplate our galaxy's vastness
& his smallness within it," tweeted @MySadCat.
Some also marked the instance
by taking photos of the moon in spots all over the world. Hundreds of you submit
your supermoon photos to National Geographic's Your Shot photo
gallery. We've rounded up some of our favorites for your enjoyment but would
love to see more. If you have a picture of the supermoon and would like to
submit it to National Geographic's Your Shot, our editors will deem adding it to this gallery.
Please include the hashtag#supermoon.
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