Thursday, March 31, 2011

APOD 3.8

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Hey, I reeeaaalllllyyyy like Boston. I like to think of my dear friend who is living there right now. He was looking at this exact moon rise! And what a moon rise it is! On March 19, the moon was at its perigee. It was 14% larger and 30% brighter than a normal moon. I too happened to see the moon on this night and it was quite impressive. The "Supermoon" as it was affectionately termed was very big. The shot was taken from Prospect Hill in Waltham, Massachusetts, roughly 10 miles from the Boston skyline. Just to the left of the orange lunar disk is the distinctive control tower at Boston's Logan International Airport. Topped by lights, the tall, twin towers of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge spanning the Charles River are also included in the scene

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