A surreal photograph shows a passenger jet silhouetted dramatically in the night sky—as it flies across the center of the full moon in a “once-in-a-lifetime” shot. Photographer Ralph Symth, 57, had set up his camera to photograph the once-a-year “snow moon”—the name given to the full moon that occurs in February. But Ralph ended up capturing something much more rare than the annual lunar event—as he saw an airplane perfectly intersect the large, bright, silvery moon. The aircraft, which was still in the midst of takeoff, sped across the moon in the space of just one second—but Ralph managed to catch on camera its path as it was illuminated in the night sky. And Ralph, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, later found out that the aircraft was an easyJet flight that had only taken off from Belfast International Airport four minutes prior to his photos. “It was very fortuitous—I was so …
Photographer Shooting Full Moon Accidentally Snaps Passenger Jet Flying Across Silvery Lunar Sphere
May 4, 2021
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