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all photographed in a time span of 10 years

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[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 days ago

Purple moon?! The moon can turn purple?!

[-] brillotti@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

All those photos are taken from Earth, and its atmospheric conditions filter the color of the light reflected off the Moon.

[-] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

The unromantic space moons

[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

White balance setting on the camera probably explains it to some degree as well

[-] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

What, from Earth? The same place my eyes are?

[-] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Perhaps it's due to Rayleigh scattering? The same that causes the sky to become purple

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