FULL SUPER MOON MARCH 2011 | FESTIVAL OF COLOURS & HOLI CELEBRATIONS
A snapshot of the past 24 hours where people `went over the moon' and played with colours
An auroral and unusally big 'supermoon' lit up the sky theatre on Saturday, offering a visual treat to curious sky gazers. The phenomenon was special as the moon came closest to the earth in 18 years, rendering it the biggest and brightest full moon of the year.
The moon was around 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter as compared to other full moons during the year, Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said.
"The 'supermoon' is closest to the Earth in 18 years. It is the biggest and brightest of 2011," Director of Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) C B Devgun told PTI.
The moon was only 3,56,577 kms away from the Earth on Saturday the closest while at the full moon phase in 18 years. Earlier, there were supermoons in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005.
There were other festivities too -- holi, "Kadri Kambla" and an elephant mela. Here is a snap shot:
A view of the Super Moon, at perigee (closest point from the earth in its orbit), in the backdrop of India Gate, in New Delhi on Saturday. The full moon at perigee appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee, farthest point from the earth in its orbit. PTI
A view of the Super Moon, at perigee (closest point from the earth in its orbit), in the backdrop of India Gate, in New Delhi on Saturday. The full moon at perigee appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee, farthest point from the earth in its orbit. PTI
A view of the Super Moon, at perigee (closest point from the earth in its orbit), as seen in the sky over New Delhi on Saturday. The full moon at perigee appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee, farthest point from the earth in its orbit. PTI
Festival of colours and other celebrations
Women perform Holika rituals on the occasion of Holi festival in Gurgaon on Saturday. PTI
Students play with colours during celebration of "Basanta Utsav" on the campus of Visva Bharati University in Birbhum on Saturday. PTI
Foreigners playing festival of colours Holi at Amritsar on Saturday. PTI
A decorated elephant during Elephant Festival in Jaipur on Saturday. PTI
A man races his buffaloes during traditional "Kadri Kambla" event held on the banks of Netravati River in Jappinamogaru, Karnataka, on Saturday. In a Kadri Kambla race, a pair of buffalo is trailed by its handler to the victory point over a farmland filled with water. PTI
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