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IT’S 15% BIGGER than usual and 30% brighter. It’s the supermoon.
You were all busy snapping the moon last night as it burned bright above Ireland.
According to Astronomy Ireland:
By definition the full moon rises when the sun sets and there is also an optical illusion called the ‘Moon Illusion’ that makes the moon ‘look’ bigger when it is low down, just above the horizon. In fact, the Moon’s size does not change at all, it’s purely an optical illusion, but a very powerful one that will make the Supermoon even more spectacular.
We can expect the next Supermoon after this weekend on the night of September 7th.
Here are some photos our readers sent in to us – you can send yours to tips@thejournal.ie
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Great news
Up Mayo!
This is great news, especially for the thousands of ordinary decent construction workers & professionals who’ve lost their jobs in the past 3 years. I really hope we get more of this in 2012.
Mayo God help us! ;) Nah seriously, good for job creation in the West!!
This is the same Allergan that moved their factory operations in Arklow Co Wicklow to Costa Rica for cheaper labour with the loss of 400 plus jobs.
About time! :) Hows about 200 IT jobs then! :)
100 @ Accenture. Your wish is my command. Not that I had anything to do with it
In the West, 100′s of IT jobs in Dublin already, not much used to the rest of us! :D
@Aidan then do something about it instead of complaining, set up your own company
Botox for the west great news for jobs bollox for the rest of us
Was that a typo? you meant botox for the rest of us?
Mayo… Now officially the Botox capital of the world :0)
No doubt giving the local economy a much needed up-lift lol
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