Of 2021’s Harvest Moon photos, this one really caught our eye. It’s from Stonehenge Dronescapes on Facebook, who caught the September 20 Harvest Moon rising over Glastonbury Tor and wrote: ” … 2-shot exposure blend, as it was quite dark by the time the moon had risen.” Thank you, Stonehenge Dronescapes!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Brennen Tse in Seattle, Washington, USA, captured this wide-angle view of the early evening sky with the harvest full moon on September 20, 2021, and wrote: “This photo was taken from Bainbridge Island of the full Harvest moon rising above the Seattle Space Needle! This shot is at 500mm cropped to around 750mm. I really like the reflection off the water and the wispy clouds in the sky!.” Thank you, Brennen!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mike Cohea captured this image on September 20, 2021. He wrote: “The full Harvest Moon rises over the Newport Pell Bridge on Monday evening as viewed from Saunderstown, Rhode Island. I utilized a 10-stop ND filter to take a single, 22-minute exposure of the moon rise.” Thank you, Mike!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Ryan of Newport, Rhode Island also caught a shot of the full Harvest Moon with the Newport Pell Bridge. He wrote: “This was captured 2 towns away in Saunderstown.” Thanks, Peter! View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Kannan A captured this image on September 21, 2021 and wrote: “The Harvest Moon seen in Singapore about one hour after it had risen from the east. Cropped the picture to show the upper section of the moon. The moon was very bright and coincided with the mooncake or lantern festival that was observed in Singapore. The moon mare were clearly visible, from the top Mare Crisium, from the bottom beginning from the left of this photo is the Mare Imbrium, Mare Serenitatis (Apollo 17 landing site), Mare Tranquillitatis (Apollo 11 landing site), Mare Fecunditatis in that order.” Thank you, Kannan A!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marek Nikodem near Koronowo, Poland, captured this close-up of the harvest full moon with the silhouette of a young woman on September 20, 2021, and wrote: “Harvest Moon, distance to model 550 meters.” Thank you, Marek!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Nancy Ricigliano in Long Island, New York, caught the full Harvest Moon rising over the Atlantic on September 20, 2021. Thanks, Nancy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | David Hoskin caught this image on September 20, 2021. He wrote: “This photograph of the Harvest Moon (Mate Calling Moon/Wikumkewiku’s in Mi’Kmaw) rising over the Atlantic Ocean was taken from York Redoubt, which is a National Historic Site located just outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.” Thank you, David.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Doug West in Washington County, Utah, USA, captured this image of horse riding in moonlight under the harvest full moon on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Doug!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com caught the almost-full Harvest Moon rising over New York City on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Alexander!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Victor Sunstar in Tucson, Arizona, USA, captured this wide-angle photo of the sky with the harvest full moon rising southwest of Cat Mountain on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Victor!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Walter Karling in Kissena Corridor Park, Flushing (Queens), New York City, New York, USA, captured this wide-angle photo of people and fireworks under the full Harvest Moon sky, together with Jupiter and Saturn on September 18, 2021. Thank you, Walter!
Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
Armando is known primarily as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years of extensive public outreach and 10 years teaching in colleges. As one of only a handful of science communicators in Puerto Rico during Comet Halley's last visit, he assumed a pioneering role starting in 1985 when science was just beginning to enter the collective mindset. Over the years, his work as a teacher, speaker and writer, inspired people to pursue interests in science and brought enduring change to Puerto Rican culture. After being accepted into the 2014–2015 Antarctic season of PolarTREC, Armando was assigned to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where in 2015 he successfully conducted 10 days of work at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. His affiliations include Ana G. Méndez University, Cupey campus (2014 to 2021), the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla campus (2015 to 2017), NASA JPL's Solar System Ambassadors (2004 to 2006), and NASA Space Grant (2017 to 2019) where he served as an affiliate representative.
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