The rising Full Moon of June, dubbed the Strawberry Moon, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 2017. At right, t

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The rising Full Moon of June, dubbed the Strawberry Moon, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 2017. At right, the glitter path from the Moon also combines on the water. This illustrates the effect of the Moon brightening and becoming less red/yellow as it rises into clearer air above the horizon, with less atmospheric absorption of the short wavelengths.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/VWPics/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: absorption, alberta, astro, astronomical, astronomy, atmospheric, composite, full, glitter, june, moon, path, photography, pond, prairie, reddening, reflection, rising, skies, sky, strawberry