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July 01, 2007
Solstice Moon
Last night, I drove out to the edge of town to wait for moonrise.
I do not like standing next to my car in the gathering dark in a lonely, lonely place. I don't like it. I worry about predators, both the two-legged and four-legged kind. Now that I think of it, I'm surprised Dueling Banjos wasn't twiddling about in my head. Come on, everybody! Sing it with me! "Da-da Ding Ding, Ding Ding, Ding Ding Diiiiiing..."
I did this because the moon was at it's lowest point in 2007, so it was sure to be HUGE, and I wanted pictures of the moonrise. According to various astronomical people, moonrise last night was at 9:34pm. Of course, that was if nothing was in the way. And last night was the night the moon rose directly behind one of the taller hills on the near horizon. So it didn't really rise until about 10pm. I was alone in the dark with the crickets and something that skittered through the brush for 1/2 hour. Every time my car doors automatically locked themselves I practically jumped out of my skin.
But here's what I got. Bear in mind that the hill in question was over a mile away, that I was on the tightest zoom possible with my digital camera, in the dark. Without a tripod. It's a miracle anything turned out at all.
It really was that orange, by the way.
It was a beautiful night.
Posted by sally at July 1, 2007 11:30 AM
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