The Moon outshines the Sun as cosmic rays bounce off its surface creating gamma radiation. They aren’t visible to the naked eye but were spotted using NASA’s Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope.

In India, Yawar Nazir took this photo of the full moon shining bright next to the minaret of a mosque, on Feb. 12, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. In the photo below, the full moon rises on Feb.

READ MORE: Warning to homeowners with robins and blackbirds in their garden READ MORE ... but it will still be shining brightly that night. A full Moon happens when the Moon is opposite the ...