Explanation: A Full Moon
rising can be a
dramatic celestial
sight, and Full Moons can have
many names. For example, Monday's Full Moon was the one nearest this year's autumnal
equinox for the northern hemisphere, traditionally called the Harvest Moon.
According to lore the name is a fitting one because farmers could work late into the night at the end of the growing season harvesting crops
by moonlight. This serene telephoto image captures this
September's harvest moonrise from Turin, Italy. In silhouette against an orange lunar disk is Turin's hilltop Basilica of Superga.
From NASA daily picture archive
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