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submitted 3 days ago by SpaceFacts@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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all photographed in a time span of 10 years

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Purple moon?! The moon can turn purple?!

[–] brillotti@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

The unromantic space moons

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago

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

[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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