See a Rare Red Full Moon
A photographer knew where the blood-red full moon would rise, and then he waited.
Babak Tafreshi never gets tired of watching the moon rise over the ocean.
On July 9, one of the best vantage points for a rare red full moon was nine miles from Boston’s shore, so Tafreshi, a National Geographic photographer, knew he would be there, camera in-hand.
To get the perfect angle, Tafreshi positioned himself near Brewster Island, home to Boston Light, the country’s oldest lighthouse, which flashed in the foreground against the deep and dramatic red moon in the distance.
“The moon distortion and horizon reddening is never exactly the same,” he says. “On this evening, the ocean mist after a warm summer day made it even more intense.”
Initially, the moon's light was scattered and refracted by the atmosphere, Tafreshi says, and
