Strawberry Moonscape

I went out tonight looking for a good location to photograph the full 'Strawberry' Moon.  Unfortunately  my ideas for locations didn't work out as I had hoped and so I had to settle for this image taken from the guided busway in Tyldesley looking south over Tyldesley, Astley and towards the mosses. The moon really was this colour due to being so low on the horizon and perhaps exacerbated by smoke from the wildfires currently burning in the US.

This was shot hand held and wasn't intentional, but I quite like it!

 

Strawberry Moon in June 2020

The best I could do with last night's 'Strawberry Moon' (5/6/20).
Too cloudy and dull all night and this shot was taken through thin cloud.

It's called a Strawberry Moon because it coincides with when strawberries were originally harvested. Less common nicknames for this month's full moon, based on old European naming traditions, are the Mead Moon, Honey Moon, and Rose Moon.