Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts

Photo: Good Night Moon

Monday, March 11, 2019

Good night Moon
Photo by Jan Hansen


goodnight stars, goodnight air

goodnight noises everywhere.

-Margaret Wise Brown



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Photo: Harvest moon

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Photo by Jan Hansen


Harvest moon setting at dawn over the Olympic Mountains.



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Photo: Moon shot

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Photo by Mike Remarcke

This is what you get - a beautiful moonscape - but not a super, blue, blood moon.

Close. This shot was taken on Tuesday, early evening, before all the clouds rolled in. So technically, it's a super, blue moon - far away.

It must be really frustrating to be an astronomer in the Pacific Northwest.

DKH




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Super Blue Blood Moon Wednesday dawn

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Super Blood Moon (not Blue)
September 2015
Photo by Jerry Pickard 


Ok Lunar Lovers - Wednesday dawn is a Super, Blue, Blood Moon.

This is a rare occurrence when a supermoon (which appears very large because it's close to the earth), a blue moon (the second full moon in a month) and a blood moon (lunar eclipse) coincide. The moon in the shadow of the earth looks red-orange, hence "blood" moon.

This will happen Wednesday, January 31, 2018. It's the first one visible from America in 150 years. The eclipse will begin at 4:51am and end at 6:08am local time, peaking about 5:30am.

There have been lunar events where local photographers spent all night lying on their backs with their cameras at the ready. It might not be worth it this time. Not only is it cold outside, the forecast is for a cloudy sky.

Of course, all you need is 1/100th of a second.

For those who prefer a warmer, more upright experience, you can watch online on NASA TV or on NASA.gov/live starting about 2:30am. There also is a Twitter feed @NASAMoon.

Corrected 1-31-18 for day of the week 

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Photo: Spooky supermoon

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Into the woods - supermoon on a misty night
Photo by Jerry Pickard


Witch Hunt

Tingling thoughts of murder,
dangling through the branches of trees
As if dread from an uncertain past; 
further floats among the living effigies.

A whisper from long ago still echoes, 
where people dare not put foot.
A place, where time slows
A place where men once stood.




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Photo: Moon at Noon

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Photo by Mike Remarcke

The Wolf Moon made an early appearance Sunday afternoon, over the Cascades. According to Space.com,

The next full moon will be the Wolf Moon, and will peak on Monday, Jan. 1. 
To casual observers, the moon will still appear full the day prior and after the peak. 
January's full moon will be a "supermoon" as the moon arrives at perigee close to reaching its fullest phase.

This spectacular photo is brought to you by Mike Remarcke and a bright, sunny day. The view is to the east, looking at the Cascades from the ridge of North City.




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Photos: Sun set Moon rise

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Sun set
Photo by Gregg Haughian

Gregg Haughian took these beautiful photos of the sun setting and the moon rising over Echo Lake.

Moon rise
Photo by Gregg Haughian


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Photos: Red moon, orange light, brown skies, falling ash

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Photo by Lee Lageschulte


This photo was taken during the day on Tuesday from Innis Arden, looking out over the "Shoreline Sea" - which is in there somewhere. Ash fell around the area - Kenmore, north Seattle, west Shoreline, not sure where else.

The air is full of smoke coming over the Cascades from multiple eastern Washington fires, as well as from small fires in King County, and probably some coming from Oregon, depending on which way the wind is blowing.

The orange light was shining on my floor today and I thought I had spilled something, although I don't drink orange kool-aid.

Red Moon
Photo by Lien Tisdale Titus
Last night the moon was red. Lien Titus went outside at 1:30am (technically this morning) to get the photo.

Hard to think that the photos have not been altered, but the altering has been done to the atmosphere by the smoke and wood particles in the air.

According to the news, you should not wipe the ash from your car because it's abrasive.

You are also advised not to wash it off with just water because it undergoes a chemical change that damages the paint.

They say to use soap and water. Now I'm worried about the drains at Brown Bear.

DKH



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Photo: Crescent moon

Friday, March 31, 2017

Photo by Lien Tisdale Titus


It's always special when the clouds clear out enough to get a good moon shot - and even more special to get a perfect crescent moon, complete with topical features.



I've tried the new moon tilted in the air 

Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster 
As you might try a jewel in your hair. 

(Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "The Freedom of the Moon.")  

                             

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Heads up photographers - Lunar eclipse Friday night

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

According to Space Weather 

Lunar eclipse 2010
Photo by Sonya Reasor

"The full Moon will lose some of its usual luster on Friday night as a dusky shadow creeps across the lunar disk. It's a penumbral lunar eclipse, visible from parts of every continent except Australia. 
The uneven dimming of the Moon will be easy to see if you know when to look." 

Visit Wednesday's edition of Spaceweather.com for observing tips and more information.



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Photo: Almost full moon

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Not quite full moon
Photo by Lien Tisdale Titus

This photo was taken on Saturday, November 12.

According to SpaceWeather the full Moon of November 14 will be the biggest and brightest in nearly 70 years.

Today's edition of Spaceweather offers observing tips and explains why not all full Moons are the same.



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Photo: Harvest moon

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Harvest Moon
Photo by Jerry Pickard

This Friday's full Moon is the Harvest Moon, as photographed by Jerry Pickard in Lake Forest Park.

Space Weather says, "The Harvest Moon is supposed to be a uniformly bright orb. This year it wasn't. The Harvest Moon of Sept. 16, 2016, passed through the outskirts of Earth's shadow, dimming one side of the lunar disk, a 'penumbral lunar eclipse'."

Visit Space Weather for visibility maps and more information.



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Photos: Super Blood Moon eclipse

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Photo by Jerry Pickard

Jerry Pickard reports that almost fifty people gathered on the ridge over Shorecrest school to see the eclipse of the Super Moon Sunday evening. The moon was fully eclipsed as it rose over the Cascades and did not become visible until about seven twenty when there was no afterglow from the sunset.

From a different location in Shoreline, Wayne Pridemore was able to get shots of the eclipse as it happened. 

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The Seattle Times noted that "It was the first time since 1982 that a supermoon coincided with a full lunar eclipse. And it won't happen again until 2033."



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Super Moons

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

As expected, our own Moon Man, Jerry Picard, was out in the dark getting shots of the Super Moon on Sunday, just after dark. He also captured a drone but that's another story.

According to Wikipedia, "A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth."

No one says anything about the colors. The photo we posted on Sunday night showed a deep orange moon. Jerry sent three shots with the moon appearing to be a different color in each shot.

Photos by Jerry Pickard 






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First moon shot - from Paramount School Park

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Super Moon
Photo by Richard Gilbert

We will probably get several shots of tonight's Super Moon. First one in is this stunner by new contributor Richard Gilbert, who took it from Paramount School Park.


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Supermoon hid behind clouds

Monday, June 24, 2013

Photo by Jerry Pickard

Text and photo by Jerry Pickard

Supermoon 2013 is when the moon is at perigee or closest it will be to earth this year. This makes it appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual.

It peaked Sunday evening June 23rd, behind a thick cover of clouds. This shot was taken at sunset through light clouds on June 22nd.


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Photo: By the light of the silvery moon

Friday, March 29, 2013

Silvery Moon - Photo by Jerry Pickard

Jerry Pickard comments, "I had just about given up on getting this shot.  This was the last evening to get a full moon this month. The last two evenings started out clear and then clouded up when the moon came over the horizon. Tonight it started off cloudy and then cleared up as the moon popped up over the ridge at Juanita. It was a bright orange as it rose through the tree line but by the time it had cleared the tree line it was above the low atmosphere and clear of the low level pollution, so-o-o, it was silver when it rose to camera range.

"By the way, the month of March 2013 will not be duplicated for another 823 years. What is so special about March 2013?  It has five Fridays, five Saturdays and five Sundays."


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Photo: Harvest Moon

Sunday, September 30, 2012

September Harvest Moon
Photo by Jerry Pickard


The eastern light our spires touch at morning,
The light that slants upon our western doors at evening,
The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight,
Moon light and star light, owl and moth light,
Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade.
O Light Invisible, we worship Thee!

(T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965), U.S.-born—British poet, critic. 
"Choruses from 'The Rock'....")
More quotations from: T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot


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Photo: The moon was shining sulkily...

Friday, April 6, 2012

Photo by Jerry Pickard



The sun was shining on the sea, 
Shining with all his might: 
He did his very best to make 
The billows smooth and bright— 
And this was odd, because it was 
The middle of the night. 

The moon was shining sulkily, 
Because she thought the sun 
Had got no business to be there 
After the day was done— 
"It's very rude of him," she said, 
"To come and spoil the fun!" 

(Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832-1898), British author, mathematician, clergyman. Tweedledee to Alice, Through the Looking-Glass, ch. IV, Macmillan (1872).) 




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Photo: Full Moon November 9

Friday, November 11, 2011

Full moon, taken November 9, 2011 by Jerry Pickard

"There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery."

(Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Polish-born British novelist. Marlow, in Lord Jim, ch. 24 (1900).)



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