Beautiful Supermoon 2014 Pictures Show August Skies Lit Up

A genuine "supermoon" lit up the skies across the world on Sunday( August 10, 2014) as stargazers on Earth -- and above it --
enjoyed the Perseid meteor shower - one of the year's most dramatic lunar events. (Even without the Daily Mirror's 'aliens'.)

The moon appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter than normal as it reached the point in its orbit closest to the Earth, known as "perigee". Dr Bill Cooke from the American space agency Nasa's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the luminous "supermoon" risked drowning out the meteor shower. He said: "Lunar glare wipes out the black-velvety backdrop required to see faint meteors, and sharply reduces counts." Dr Cooke added that the Perseids were also "rich in fireballs as bright as Jupiter or Venus" that would remain visible despite the moon's glare.

A study conducted by his team since 2008 has shown the Perseids to be the undisputed "fireball champion" of meteor showers. "We see more fireballs from Swift-Tuttle than any other parent comet," said Dr Cooke. Every 133 years, comet Swift-Tuttle swings through the inner Solar System leaving behind a trail of dust. When the Earth passes through, the dust cloud particles hit the atmosphere at 140,000 mph and burn up in streaking flashes of light, creating the spectacle known as the Perseids. The meteors will be visible until Wednesday, with activity peaking on Tuesday. An unusually bright full "supermoon" was also seen on July 12, and another is due to appear on September 9. Supermoons occur relatively often, every 13 months and 18 days, but are not always noticed because of clouds or poor weather.


Dates for future supermoons

10 August, 2014

9 September, 2014

28 September, 2015

14 November, 2016

2 January, 2018

Biblical Quotes:
Joel 2:10 states: “Before them the earth quakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and the moon grow dark and the stars lose their brightness.”

In Acts 2:20 it is written: “‘The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.”

Revelation 6:12 warns: “I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood.”


See photos of Supermoon in some places around the world.




Supermoon rises over Mt. Eden in Auckland




















The supermoon rises over Tower Bridge


A "supermoon", seen from near Harthill in Scotland.


A woman watches the super moon rising in the sky, in front of the Apollo's temple at ancient Corinth, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Athens, on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.

The full moon, nicknamed 'the supermoon', rises at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The moon appears behind a cross on the unfinished Serbian Orthodox church Christ the Saviour Cathedral, in Kosovo capital Pristina, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. 

 

A perigee moon, also known as a super moon, raises over high rise buildings in Hong Kong Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.  

A view of the 'supermoon', or perigee moon, rising behind The Shard building in London.

A supermoon hovers over New York City on August 10, 2014 in Weehawken, New Jersey.

 

A perigee moon, also known as a super moon, raises over the shoreline in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.