The image shows the Harvest Moon next to the Basilca of Superga. Rising near the horizon, the Full Moon closest to autumnal equinox looked extremely large and the effect was accentuated by the distance at which the photo has been taken: some 17 kilometres from the Basilica. The church, built in 1731, sits on the highest hill around Turin (at 669 meters is visible from most of the city) and is one of the symbols of the city.
Image taken with Canon Eos 1000d with 150-500 Sigma lens set @ 500m and 1.4x teleconverter
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L’immagine mostra la Harvest Moon (la “Luna del raccolto” che sorge in concomitanza con il tramonto del Sole, illuminando il lavoro dei contadini durante il raccolto) ripresa accanto alla Basilica di Superga. La Luna piena più prossima all’ Equinozio autunnale è apparsa estremamente grande e l’effetto “Moon illusion” è qui accentuato dalla distanza a cui è stata scattata la foto: circa 17 km.
Absolutely beautiful, Stefano – Found your red sun with bird on Spaceweather, then looked up your website and other artwork. As you say, you were privileged to capture this.. An unforgettable memory! Lavinda de Rossi
Thank you so much Lavinda
Congratulations, Stefano. It’s a great shot. You have some other images with this basilica, so you have chances of taking this kind of pictures and you do it. Tamas
Many thanks Tamas!
The Basilica is on a excellent position indeed and by far my favourite terrestrial target
Thanks again
Stefano
Terrific!!! I can’t say anything else! Complimenti questa foto è davvero bella e ha meritato l’APOD . . . . il 3°.
Keep up the good job.
Max
Grazie Max!!!
Questa volta sono dovuto andare in mezo ai campi a fare lo scatto…ma come dice il detto: “Only the braves!”
Grazie ancora
Stefano