The Not So Blue Moon

[yourlibrarian]

The moon was looming large and gold the last few weeks.



Despite how large it seemed in person, the above photo reveals how bright it was but not actually how big it looked on the horizon.

What I liked the most about the bottom shot was the glow of red along the bottom!

Comments

[scintilla10]

Wow, very dramatic photos! Thanks for sharing!

[yourlibrarian]

You're welcome! It was a pretty dramatic sight 😮

[shirebound]

Stunning photos! Our moon is such a beauty.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! Interestingly the quarter moon was even clearer than the full -- the effect of light and shadows I guess.

[silveradept]

Those are some lovely photos of Luna.

[yourlibrarian]

Glad you enjoyed them 🙂

[turlough]

Fantastic photos! I'm so envious you got to see it in its full glory. I missed it completely due to heavy clouds for several day >:[

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, that's too bad! In truth the most amazing moon I've seen was many years ago -- almost red and huge and low to the horizon. Saw it during a commute but the traffic was bad and I didn't have a camera with me anyway.

[birdylion]

Gorgeous photos! And you took them with your phone?

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! And no, I'm usually using a Canon Power Shot.

[birdylion]

Ah interesting! I was wondering about the close-ups.

I like the first one most, it's always fascinating to see the shadows of the crater edges.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, I liked that one best because one can see more detail in it 🙂

[cmcmck]

Impressive!

[yourlibrarian]

Most of them were anything but as they were blurry smears of light 😉 But I did finally get the camera to focus at the right moment!

[adafrog]

Pretty.

[yourlibrarian]

Indeed!