Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Moonrise, Cape Sounion, Greece
Explanation:
The Moon was full this month on June 22nd, only a day after the northern hemisphere's summer solstice. Since this solstice marked [ http://www.archaeoa…] the northernmost point of the Sun's annual [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] motion through planet Earth's sky [ http://csep10.phys.…coordinates.html ], the full Moon rising near the ecliptic plane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] opposite the Sun was at its farthest south for the year. Only a month earlier, on May 23rd, astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis recorded this picture [ http://www.perseus.…] of another southerly full Moon rising above Cape Sounion, Greece. The twenty-four hundred year old Temple of Poseidon [ http://www.culture.…] lies in the foreground, also visible [ http://www.utexas.e…lecture01/img2cpsoun wtmp.html ] to sailors on the Aegean Sea. In this well-planned, single exposure, a long telephoto lens makes the Moon loom large, but even without optical aid casual skygazers often find the full Moon [ http://www.astro.wi…] looking astonishingly large when seen near the horizon. That powerful visual effect is known as the Moon Illusion [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Anthony Ayiomamitis [ http://www.perseus.…]
facet_when:
2-21-211
facet_where:
Greece
facet_where:
Aegean Sea
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Perseus
facet_what:
Poseidon
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap050623

Moonrise, Cape Sounion, Greece
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