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Photographer:
Jon Greif
Location of Photo:
Alpine, CA, USA
Date/Time of photo:
June 21, 2024, at 8:30 pm PDT
Equipment:
Canon Eos 760D camera with Canon 300 mm telephoto lens. Pixinsight processing software.
Description:
Look up at the night sky this weekend for a view of the strawberry full moon. It's the last full moon of the spring or the first full moon of the summer and always happens in June. Coincidentally this full moon is taking place at the same time as the summer solstice. That means the moon is going to be closer than usual which means it will look much larger in the sky than it normally does. Being low on the horizon makes the moon more colorful. It's among the lowest, biggest and most colorful that we'll see. The name Strawberry Moon has Native American roots. Tribes in the northeastern US referred to it as the strawberry moon because it appeared around the same time that strawberries ripened and were ready to be gathered. This image was shot from our backyard this evening, shortly after moon
