What was actually the color of the Blue Moon last friday night?
Blue? No the rising moon turned orange-red! Watch these amazing pictures of the full moon from around the world:
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red.jpg)
The Moon turns red for the same reason that sunsets are red.
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-1.jpg)
The red color is created by microscopic aerosols present in the atmosphere which scatter blue light and leave the red behind.
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-2.jpg)
In rare cases, the moon can also turn blue. The color is then triggered by volcano ash or wilfire aerosol found in the smoke.
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-4.jpg)
Volcanic and smoke aerosols of just the right size – about 1 micron in diameter – scatter all the red out of moonlight and turn the lunar disk blue.
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-5.jpg)
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-6.jpg)
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-7.jpg)
![blue moon photo, red blue moon, blue moon turned red, blue moon color is red, red blue moon july 2015](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moon-red-8.jpg)
Did you also make a picture of this red Blue Moon?