Saturday, September 14, 2019

Harvest Moonrise on Friday the 13th over The Close - Castlebane - Letterkenny

The Harvest Moonrise at Letterkenny started at 08:13 Irish time, within 2 minutes, I could see the moon popping up above the houses at the hilltop (The Close - Castlebane - Letterkenny). According to Google maps, The farthest houses in the foreground of the rising moon are at an air distance of 1 kilometer from the vantage point from where these photos are clicked (Thornberry Letterkenny)

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Scotland hills behind Inishtrahull, a view from Malin Head - Ireland

The blue hills behind the small Island with the light tower (Inishtrahull) is Scotland. Scotland can be seen by naked eye on a clear day. The nearest point of Scotland from Malin Head's signal station (from where this photo was taken) is approximately 63 kilometers. Inishtrahull(the small rocky island that you see in the foreground is approximately 10 kilometers away.