..well, here i am gazing up at the dark skies again.. 😀 wifey *mwah* told me about this (read below) around 10PM last night so i hunkered out in the cold to get some shots.. ’twas pretty fun.. 🙂
..from yahoo
The full moon Friday night will be the biggest one of the year as Earth’s natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet.
Earth, the moon and the sun are all bound together by gravity, which keeps us going around the sun and keeps the moon going around us as it goes through phases. The moon makes a trip around Earth every 29.5 days. But the orbit is not a perfect circle.
The moon’s average distance from us is about 238,855 miles (384,400 km). Friday night it will be just 221,560 miles (356,567 km) away. It will be 14 percent bigger in our sky and 30 percent brighter than some other full moons during the year, according to NASA.
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wowowow! and more and near? can t you?
Nice shot, I was out and snapped a couple myself.. after all it supposed to be shit close only every 15 years or so 🙂
really great man… it’s cloudy here, at least that’s my excuse 🙂
Very neat. nice details.
awesome!!!!!
Very impressive!
Excellent Rian, years ago astronomy was one of my favorite hobbies. This is a perfectly exposed shot of the moon, not an easy thing to do. Great job!
Rian I don’t have words, a perfect moon!
The bright side of the moon… Impressive!
Hope you and the wifey are doing well, and also the moon too lol. =D
je vois Tintin àdroite 😉
i know i say that a lot of photographs are cool – but they are. this one is really cool. i like how dusty the moon looks here.
Excellent moon shot. Very sharp and clear !
Amazing! shot. Especially with a 280mm lens. Yowza. I had heard about that — someone told me it would be an awesome night to get a shot. Glad you were able to.
So it wasn’t my imagination that the moon looked so big last night. Excellent shot.
I missed it because of early clouds here. You got a really nice shot. A LOT of detail!! Great job. Worth the cold.
Talk about shooting for the moon:-) Incredible!
il ne manque plus que les petits hommes verts !
Very nice big moon, thanks 😉
Fantastic, really sharp and clear, perfect!
A fine moon shot. I had it on my calendar, but the skies did not cooperate! 🙂 So, I get to enjoy it vicariously through you fine photography!
Wow, great and near and big and fantastic!!!!
Moon has become the destination human. Extraordinary / / Regards from Yogyakarta City Indonesia //