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  1. The appearance of a supermoon over Russia has sparked users to upload a flurry of photos to social media sites.


    The name supermoon is used to describe a natural phenomenon in which a full moon is at its closest possible point in relation to the Earth.

    As a result, the Moon is made to look even bigger than usual — something that proved mesmerizing to many photographers on Sunday evening. Throughout the night and even after sunrise, photographers uploaded photos showing the "суперлуна" (superluna) against the blackish blue of the night sky.

  3. всем суперЛУНЫ #сейлормун #силалуны
    всем суперЛУНЫ #сейлормун #силалуны
    tanya_istoma
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    Mon, Aug 11 2014 06:02:42
  4. "Taken with my smartphone, hard to see, but it's really close," reads the caption of this supermoon photo posted on Instagram.
  5. Фото с моего смартфона на "СУПЕР" ЛУНУ,плохо видно,но факт-она и правда близко!. #луна #суперлуна #super #moon #ночнойгородЭ
    Фото с моего смартфона на "СУПЕР" ЛУНУ,плохо видно,но факт-она и правда близко!. #луна #суперлуна #super #moon #ночнойгородЭ
    yaniussz
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    Mon, Aug 11 2014 05:45:31
  6. In a country where social media use is widespread and Instagram is particularly popular, people made sure that the supermoon's appearance was properly documented. Casting its light on the illuminated building of Moscow's famous Lomonosov State University …
  7. И ещё раз суперлуна, уже около МГУ. #Суперлуние #луна #МГУ #supermoon #moon #Москва #Moscow
    И ещё раз суперлуна, уже около МГУ. #Суперлуние #луна #МГУ #supermoon #moon #Москва #Moscow
    vanilla_elena
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    Mon, Aug 11 2014 05:34:53
  8. … peaking out from behind an apartment block …
  10. … shining over a wall advertising a cafe in Crimea …
  11. #суперлуна #supermoon #крым #белогорск
    #суперлуна #supermoon #крым #белогорск
    strangbmth
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    Mon, Aug 11 2014 05:37:03
  12. … or featuring in a close-up, surrounded by clouds.
  14. And yet, some Russians found the supermoon decidedly less than super. "Waking up at 5 in the morning because the supermoon shines right in your face is not 'super,'" this man complained.
  16. Using what he says was an exposure time of a quarter of a second, another photographer captured both the International Space Station (ISS) and the supermoon in a single shot.
  18. The ISS, in case you were wondering, is the bright little dot on the right. And from that bright little dot, someone else was looking at the supermoon and photographing it from a unique perspective. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev tweeted several images:
  20. Oh, the serenity! And if serenity isn't your thing, you can always add the one thing that makes a photo of this unique and timeless natural phenomenon even better: a pole-dancer.
  22. See also:

    Supermoon Lights Up Sky Across Russia
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