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A Ukrainian photographed a blue halo around the supermoon: what the full moon looked like on August 19

Inna VasilyukNews
Kyiv resident took a picture of the Moon with a halo. Source: facebook.com/shurkhalod

Last night, on August 19, a rare astronomical phenomenon was seen over the Earth – a blue supermoon. A Kyiv resident managed to capture this fabulous full moon with a halo.

Journalist Dmytro Shurkhalo posted a photo of the bright supermoon on his Facebook page. He noted that the unusual beauty of this August full moon can be captured even without the use of professional cameras.

A Ukrainian photographed a blue halo around the supermoon: what the full moon looked like on August 19

"What a moonlit night!" Dmytro Shurkhalo poetically commented on the first photo in his Facebook post, using the words of the famous Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Starytskyi.

After all, looking at this year's August full moon, you unwittingly start to speak in verse. The beauty of the blue supermoon is simply mesmerizing.

"If you look at it with the naked eye, it's just the moon. But through glasses and a magnifying glass, I saw a blue halo around the moon. I took the photo only through the glasses, but the blue color is clearly visible even with such primitive optics," Dmytro Shurkhalo described his next photo.

Indeed, the optics conveys interesting details invisible to the naked eye.

"Blue super full moon!", "Really interesting event and interesting photo, thank you," his friends left comments under the photo of the Kyivan in the social network.

A Ukrainian photographed a blue halo around the supermoon: what the full moon looked like on August 19

Well, according to NASA, a blue moon is just a term for when we see the full moon twice in one month. And its color is traditional. Only on rare occasions can tiny particles in the air (usually smoke or dust) scatter red waves of light, making the moon appear blue.

A Ukrainian photographed a blue halo around the supermoon: what the full moon looked like on August 19

On August 19, a rare blue supermoon, traditionally called the Sturgeon, rose. This is the first of four consecutive supermoons in 2024. It is 30% brighter and 14% larger than usual. The unique August full moon will be visible over the Earth for several more days.

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