Tonight, 12th December, it is full Moon. And it is not only a 'regular' full Moon, but a very special one: the Moon tonight is closer than any other time in the past 15 years, and because of that it looks 14% larger, and 30% brighter than usual. For the next time to see this close, we have to wait another 8 years! Should you care a bit more, can check it here: http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52812/closest-and-largest-full-moon-since-march-93
After they mentioned this is local news too, I sure got curious, and went out to have a look. The results: it sure is full Moon, and nice and bright and big, but my eyes might be not the same, or just cant recall that last full Moon to compare the two. And my second finding was that my compact camera usually does well on photos, but night photos aren't the strong side of it. Thus the above Moon photo is not a perfect one.
5 comments:
I love this photo. Reminds me of hope or light at the end of the tunnel.
Nice capture of the event. You're lucky to have witnessed it in time. Sad I didn't see the full moon last night cuz I was so sick and forgotten about this very rare occasion. God bless...
Jacqueline: thanks, hope was also in my mind...hope that my photos can improve a bit more soon :)
Susan: sad to here you arent well. Get well fast!, and thanks for the comment.
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for coming by my blog. And also, Wow! I didn't know that the full moon being so bright was a real scientific thing. We definitely noticed it! It was absolutely amazing and I really wished I had a good camera to take quality pictures with it.
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