A ‘flattened’ full moon

The “flattened”, rising full moon “sitting” on the hills of Eday as seen from Springfield, Rousay, last night, Monday, February 25, at 5.47pm.

The flattening effect is due to refraction by the Earth’s atmosphere which, at this low altitude (54 arc-minutes), appears to raise the lower limb to a significantly greater extent than the top limb.