APOD: The East 96th Street Moon (2018 Jun 30)

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The East 96th Street Moon

Explanation: A very full Moon rose over Manhattan's Upper Eastside on June 28, known to some as the Strawberry Moon. Near the horizon, the warm yellow lunar disk was a bit ruffled and dimmed by a long sight-line through dense, hazy atmosphere. Still it fit well with traffic and lights along East 96th street in this urban astroimage. The telephoto shot was (safely) taken from elevated ground looking east-southeast from Central Park, planet Earth. Of course, the East 96th street moon was the closest Full Moon to this year's northern summer solstice.

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[Boomer12k]

Very nice shot...

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[orin stepanek]

Yeah; very nice; even though a bit cluttered!

[Fred the Cat]

There was something odd about moon that night in my image.

[GoshOGeeOGolly]

"Fly me to the moon ..." get me out of this loon eeeeee traffic.

[ckant@iwvisp.com]

I grew up in Montana and all the traffic and buildings just destroy the image of a glorious full moon.

[neufer]

I grew up in Montana and all the traffic and buildings just destroy the image of a glorious full moon.

• Montana, Montana, Glory of the West
  Of all the states from coast to coast, You're easily the best
  Montana, Montana, Where skies are always blue
  M-O-N-T-A-N-A
  Montana I love you!