[Photo] Awesome full moon

Last night a full moon was seen above the skies where I live. The sight was really cool so I decided to make a photo.

Although my phone has a really good camera, nothing beats a proper photo camera. As the human eye sees things differently than a photo camera does, I had to make 2 photo's with different lighting settings in order to get the same view as my eyes did. The clouds were made with a brighter lighting setting while the moon was set with very little light exposure to give its proper view. I merged those together to get the following image.

I hope you like it as much as I do, because god, that picture does look good to me.


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Mmm, it really was that orange to you?

I remember seeing that same full moon last night, although I was half a world away. Coincidentally, it was also a bit more yellow than usual.

It was nearly that orange, yes. I chosen to use daylight setting to get a more warmth appearance, and its perhaps slightly darker than I could see, but only just. So the color is nearly that color.

That's a neat looking photo. I haven't seen the moon colored like that these days either. It looked almost pure white from here, maybe a small yellow tint.

It usually is here as well. But if the moon is hanging low, it tends to become more orange, as it was last night. It was also bigger than usual due to the same principle.

They say it has something to do with the light being bent by the curvature of earth.

They say it has something to do with the light being bent by the curvature of earth.

That can have an effect, but more often when the color is shifted by that much, it has more to do with atmospheric interference. A moon that orange usually happens when there are a good number of dust particles and/or other pollutants in the air.

Here's a more thorough explanation of the phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering

I'm not a scientist. I just know what makes a good looking photo.

I'm not a scientist. I just know what makes a good looking photo.

In layman's terms, as light reaches Earth, it gets scattered somewhat by the air. Light that is blue or violet gets scattered more than light that is red or orange. Near the horizon, light actually has to pass through more air to reach you, so it gets scattered more. Thus, it appears redder. If there's dust or pollutants in the air, the scattering is even more pronounced.

Lol, I did understand you, I just mentioned that because I had no other way to respond.

Lol, I did understand you, I just mentioned that because I had no other way to respond.

Very well. I just thought maybe you didn't catch the meaning from the Wikipedia page I linked to.

What a beautiful picture! Good work with your camera, LPChip. My phone's low-quality camera (probably?) is very bad so all pictures look, you know, less professional .
I'm thinking about a buying new phone.

Thanks CWolvie. Do note, this was not made with my phone's camera. It couldn't do pictures this good. It gets close, but not this good. This was made with a Canon I5 IS camera on 8 MP.