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Strawberry Moon for the month of June

Jun 28 2024 Updated June 27, 2024

Ken Smith

1 min read

It was a spectacular moonrise, watching from Dubbo last Saturday.

The moon appeared a bit later due to the low cloud, and the colours of the sunset on the same evening got the big tick as well.

Here's one of the great pics our photographer snapped.

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