Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Supermoon March 2011

The SuperMoon as they've been calling it.

NASA Says: "On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years."

Guess that is something, I didn't notice it looking particularly larger though it did appear brighter.

The effects of the moon could be heard, the neighborhood dogs raised a ruckus Friday night, more than this evening, you could hear them barking for miles around, maybe the deer are running, coyotes, and foxes are probably out as well, the animals are awakening after the long winter. I saw numerous not so lucky roadkill critters for the first time this Spring in the form of woodchucks, numerous skunks, and a mink or weasel (Not sure, I know it wasn't a muskrat, it was very slim).

These shots were taken shortly after moonrise at ~7:45pm EST.



I have to get a bigger lens, that's all there is to it... These shots were taken with a Canon EF 75-300 4-5.6 lens.

















See the Jet Airliner I caught at the bottom of the moon in this shot? Cool!
I'll have to head out in a little while to catch some more as it rises further into the night sky.
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