<p>The moon is the same size in Athens as in London.  </p>

<p>To take a photo like that you go a long way from the Greek temple, so the temple appears to be smaller than your little-fingernail with your arm stretched out.  You then get a powerful telephoto lens to zoom in and wait for the moon to rise. If you have done your calculations correctly you have positioned yourself so that the moon appears right behind the temple. If you were standing there, the moon and the temple would both be small and the temple would be in the distance.</p>

<p>If it is the temple of Poseidon, which is about 10m along the side, we can estimate that the photographer must have been standing about 1km away to get this shot, perhaps <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6559701,24.0125648,3a,60y,136.04h,90.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7OBMAOaEAPrV8So1GwlAZw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">standing by the road across the bay</a></p>

<p>You can get similar photos in London. You just need a viewpoint from which you can see the buildings of the city and is in the right position (direction and distance) for the moon to rise (or set) in just the right place. <a href="https://fstoppers.com/spotlight/london-cityscape-photographer-who-caught-super-blue-blood-moon-219149" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Michael Tomas captured such a picture.</a></p>

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Which temple is it? I thought Parthenon, but that is bigger and more intact.
James K
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James K - I think it might be the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Rtzgh.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Rtzgh.jpg" alt="Blood Moon Jul 2018"></a></p>

<p>I don't undertand why the moon can be that big a few hundred miles sout of where I am in London...</p>

<p>And when I went to Greece, even Africa, the moon wasn't so large...</p>

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It's a zoomed-in picture on the fotographing person standing far away from the Acropolis.
AtmosphericPrisonEscape
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wow - 2 downvotes...and no close votes...
Our Man in Bananas
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Using your zoom lens - "zoom in" as far as it will go.  You can take an identical picture.
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Why is the moon so large in this picture from Athens
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# Why is the moon so large in this picture from Athens

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-29)

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I don't undertand why the moon can be that big a few hundred miles sout of where I am in London...

And when I went to Greece, even Africa, the moon wasn't so large...

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's a zoomed-in picture on the fotographing person standing far away from the Acropolis.  
> **username_0**: wow - 2 downvotes...and no close votes...  
> **username_2**: Using your zoom lens - "zoom in" as far as it will go.  You can take an identical picture.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-10-29. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The moon is the same size in Athens as in London.

To take a photo like that you go a long way from the Greek temple, so the temple appears to be smaller than your little-fingernail with your arm stretched out. You then get a powerful telephoto lens to zoom in and wait for the moon to rise. If you have done your calculations correctly you have positioned yourself so that the moon appears right behind the temple. If you were standing there, the moon and the temple would both be small and the temple would be in the distance.

If it is the temple of Poseidon, which is about 10m along the side, we can estimate that the photographer must have been standing about 1km away to get this shot, perhaps [standing by the road across the bay](https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6559701,24.0125648,3a,60y,136.04h,90.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7OBMAOaEAPrV8So1GwlAZw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

You can get similar photos in London. You just need a viewpoint from which you can see the buildings of the city and is in the right position (direction and distance) for the moon to rise (or set) in just the right place. [Michael Tomas captured such a picture.](https://fstoppers.com/spotlight/london-cityscape-photographer-who-caught-super-blue-blood-moon-219149)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Which temple is it? I thought Parthenon, but that is bigger and more intact.  
> **username_4**: username_3 - I think it might be the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.  

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