Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Saguaro Moon
Explanation:
A Full Moon rising [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can be a dramatic [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] celestial sight [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Full Moons can have many [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] names. For example, tonight's Full Moon, the one nearest the autumnal equinox [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the northern hemisphere, is popularly called the Harvest Moon. According to lore [ http://www.space.co…] the name is a fitting one because farmers could work late into the night at the end of the growing season harvesting crops by moonlight. In the same traditions, the Full Moon following the Harvest Moon [ http://www.earthsky…] is the Hunter's Moon. But, recorded on a trip to the American southwest, this contribution to compelling [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] images of moonrise is appropriately titled Saguaro [ http://www.nps.gov/…photogallery.htm?eid =170356&root_aId=302 #e_170356 ] Moon.
Credit and Copyright:
Stefan Seip (Astro Meeting [ http://www.photomee…astromeeting/_index. htm ])
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
moon
original url:
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap070926

Saguaro Moon