from my Photo of the Day:
potd - 9/22/10 From the Nasa website:
“For the first time in almost 20 years, northern autumn is beginning on the night of a full Moon. The coincidence sets the stage for a “Super Harvest Moon” and a must-see sky show to mark the change of seasons.Unfortunately, Boston was cloudy and hazy from an abnormally warm day and the view of the moon was not quite ideal. An added bonus, when the moon was finally high enough, the lights came on at the park where I was posted up and made it impossible to get a shot of the moon without the light in it.
The action begins at sunset on Sept 22nd, the last day of northern summer. As the sun sinks in the west, bringing the season to a close, the full Harvest Moon will rise in the east, heralding the start of fall. The two sources of light will mix together to create a kind of 360-degree, summer-autumn twilight glow that is only seen on rare occasions.”
Oh well, maybe I’ll get a better shot in another 20 years…
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