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The Moon and Blackrock Castle

Picture Credit: Cian O’Regan

This image of February’s Full Moon (the “Snow Moon”) by Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork is by Cian O’Regan. Prints of this and other beautiful images can be bought from his website here.

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  1. albertzijlstra's avatar
    albertzijlstra Says:
    April 15, 2021 at 12:15 pm

    Note how sharp the reflection is, to such a degree one can even recognize the brightest lunar area in the reflection. A lower angle of incidence gives a sharper reflection and here the Moon is very low. As it gets higher on the sky, the reflection should become fuzzier

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