Photo captures hazy skies and pink moon over Dublin

Dublin photographer Sryan Bruen brilliantly captured the rising moon over Dublin on Thursday morning.

The image was captured in the early hours of the morning from the Great South Wall, near Poolbeg Lighthouse, looking towards the Samuel Beckett Bridge some 5.5km away.

Speaking to WeathÉire, Sryan said the photograph was “taken with a 500mm lens (750mm full frame equivalent) on a stabilised tripod. It was as tricky to capture with not only the dark light but also the hazy nature of the atmosphere muting the moon.”

“There also was a bit of breeze shaking the tripod a lot of the time so very few of the shots came out sharp. This was one of them,” he added.

Posting regularly on X as @SnowbieWx and on his own photography website, Dublin-based Sryan has received widespread acclaim online for this photography, much of which focuses on the landscapes of Dublin and the surrounding region.

Sunday will see the rise of the first full Moon of spring, known as the Pink Moon.

The Pink Moon is, in fact, a Micromoon because it occurs when the Moon is farthest in its orbit from Earth, known as apogee.

The distance between the Earth and the Moon during apogee is about 406,294 km, about 50,000 km further than the perigee