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Check out the full moon in Greece!

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Start date Jul 28, 2021

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francescool

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This was taken in Porto Rafti last night

We finally got a good view by the beach

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francescool said:
This was taken in Porto Rafti last night We finally got a good view by the beach

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Fegaaari!

.... Glorious image!...the moon used to rise in front of our house in Kalafatis beach in Mykonou....the whole bay was twinkling!

.... Thanks!

redsoxdw_

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Fegaaari!.... Glorious image!...the moon used to rise in front of our house in Kalafatis beach in Mykonou....the whole bay was twinkling!.... Thanks!

Feggaraki mou!! Ahahaha that's almost all of the Greek I know

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The moon is so pretty, thank you for sharing this photo! It's gorgeous!

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