The International Space Station (ISS), on Thursday, shared a group of pictures, that includes the ‘Super Moon’. This celestial occasion happens when the Moon is at its closest level to the Earth and on the identical time is full. As a consequence, the Moon appears bigger and brighter than different days. Also often called the ‘Pink Moon’, this 12 months it appeared on April 27 and 28, and was the primary of at the very least two such celestial occasions this 12 months. In a four-slide publish on Instagram, ISS wrote: “The “Super Moon” was recently photographed from the station. It is a spectacular sight from space no matter what phase the Moon is in.”
While the first picture shows a full Moon, the second one features a crescent. The third photograph once again showed a full Moon, while the fourth one, clicked at night, showed the Moon, the Earth, the ISS as well as innumerable stars.
The ISS shared these breathtakingly beautiful pictures on Twitter as well, leaving almost everyone awestruck. The Twitter post, carrying the same pictures, had already been liked by over 26,000 people and retweeted over 5,000 times.
A Twitter user, @Flatline42, said he loved the last picture, for it featured stars, something not seen often.
You almost never see photos with stars in them. I like that last one for that reason.
— A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam (@Flatline42) April 28, 2021
Another user @MelroseShow said the last picture left him speechless for the very same reason. “It’s like I’ve seen the moon a thousand methods, however moonlight shine on earth from house is… whoa,” the user wrote further.
The last photo has me speechless. It’s like I’ve seen the moon a thousand ways, but moonlight shine on earth from space is … whoa ????
— TheMelroseShow (@MelroseShow) April 29, 2021
According to NASA, the Moon’s closest point to the Earth is known as the perigee, which is an average distance of about 2,26,000 miles (3,63,300 kilometres) from the Earth. However, the difference is not that easy to spot with the naked eye.
The space agency states that the next ‘Super Moon’ will occur next month, on May 26. So, if you have missed watching the last ‘Super Moon’, mark the date of the next one in your calendar.
