Posted on Aug 26, 2021

APOD: 2021 August 26 - A Blue Hour Full Moon

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Good afternoon, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "A Blue Hour Full Moon." I've often heard photographers talk about the 'Golden Hour' (the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset), but not so much the 'Blue Hour.' You can think of the 'Blue Hour' as when the Sun is still far enough below the horizon (at either sunrise or sunset) that the visible light has a distinct blue glow. Here we see our most recent Full Moon from August 2021 over the Italian Alps outside Cortina d'Ampezzo during the Blue Hour. Simply magnificent.

APOD: 2021 August 26 - A Blue Hour Full Moon

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Blue Öyster Cult - Harvest Moon (Houston 11.05.17) HD

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Belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, August 26,2021 entitled "A Blue Hour Full Moon."
Here in northern Virginia we had a spectacular three quarters moon on August 25 and 26, 2021

This is a wonderful image of the of the moon appearing above the Italian Alps from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Image: A Blue Hour Full Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Giorgia Hofer

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"Explanation: Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour. That's the transition in twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, when the Sun is below the horizon but land and sky are still suffused with a beautiful blue light. After sunset on August 21, this blue hour snapshot captured the nearly full Moon as it rose opposite the Sun, above the rugged Italian Alps from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Sharing bluish hues with the sky, the rocky pyramid of Monte Antelao, also known as the King of the Dolomites, is the region's prominent alpine peak. The moonlight is yellow, but even so this full Moon was known to some as a seasonal Blue Moon. That's because by one definition the third full Moon of a season with four full moons in it is called a Blue Moon. Recognizing a season as the time between a solstice and an equinox, this season's fourth full Moon will be rising in the blue hour of September 20, just before September's equinox."

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