PIX4578916: Sunrise - 22 June 2005. - Full moon rising - June 22 - Sunrise one day after the summer solstice. The Moon rises very south and remains low in the sky (like the Sun in winter) thus taking longer than usual to rise. It is dark red when it appears discreetly above the sea. At first very blurred (due to the very strong atmospheric turbulence near the horizon), flattened (due to the atmospheric refraction), dark and red (due to the thicker atmosphere near the horizon), it gradually illuminates and yellows, while it regains its very round shape. That day, it will take several hours for her to turn white again. Each image of this montage was taken five minutes after the previous one. June 22, 2005. Full moon is rising on June 22, one day after the summer solstice, so the Moon is rising far to the South. Moreover, it stays low above the horizon (like the Sun in winter) and takes more time than usually to rise. It is dark - red when it appears above the sea, at just one degree of elevation. Firstly very fuzzy (because of the atmospheric turbulence very strong near the horizon), flatten (because of the atmospheric refraction), dark and red (because of the thicker atmosphere near the horizon), it brightens slowly, get more yellow, as it takes its round shape. That day, many hours were necessary for the Moon to became white. Each picture from this composite had been taken 5 minutes after the previous one. June 22, 2005 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4578194: Moonrise on the Piton de la Fournaise - La Reunion - Full Moon rising above volcano - Reunion - Moonrise on the Piton de la Fournaise - Island of Reunion. July 2013 Full moon rising in the rosy glow of the belt of Venus just above the crater of the Piton de la Fournaise (Peak of the Furnace) - Reunion, july 2013 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4577491: Ash Moon - Moon with earthshine - The ash light designees the part of the Moon normally immersed in the shadow, but that the Earth manages to illuminate by reflecting the light of the Sun. 21 March 2007 The bright region is directly illuminated by the sun, while the rest of the Moon is illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. March 21, 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4577504: Moon Sunset - Moonset with earthshine - Moonset. The ash light designees the part of the Moon normally immersed in the shadow, but the Earth manages to illuminate by reflecting the light of the Sun. 2 January 2006, Chateaulin (Finistere). Moonset with earthshine The bright region is directly illuminated by the sun, while the rest of the Moon is illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. January 2 2006, Chateaulin (Finistere - France) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4578582: The Moon through the mausolee of Omar Khayyam - Crescent moon. Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam - Crescent moon seen through the mausolee of Omar Khayyam, in Nichapur, Khorasan province, Iran. Watching the moon from the mausoleum of Omar Khayyam in the historic city of Nishapur in north east Iran. Khayyam was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in 11 - 12 century / Bridgeman Images
CUB4531570: Ensign of a rotisserie in Palermo (Sicily, Italy) in faience representing the history of the Paladin of France Roland: “Orlando Furioso”, or “” Roland furious””, epico-comic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto, known in French the Ariosta (1474-1573), in 1516 - Roland on Angelique (Angelica) Shoulds crossing Agricante camp / Bridgeman Images