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Super moon tomorrow,
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cjtpaint
, May 04 2012 11:52 PM
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 12:49 AM
They claimed the same shit last year and in my opinion it was a hoax. I took pictures both the night before and the night of the super moon and they were the same. If you dig up the changes from a regular moon to a super moon it's not something that anyone will notice. All that time setting up my camera gear and expecting a moon twice the size that would turn night into day was down right depressing....don't suffer like I did...stay inside and be safe.....
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 02:02 AM
http://www.farmersal...ek-a-supermoon/
This Saturday night, the largest full moon of the year will appear. This week’s full Moon, which takes place on May 5, will be a “SuperMoon,” and should appear quite a bit larger and brighter than a normal full Moon.
Last year, the March SuperMoon got a lot of media attention because it was the largest full Moon in nearly 20 years. This week’s SuperMoon will not be quite as extreme as last year’s, but will come close.
SuperMoons are caused by the shape of the Moon’s orbit, which is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits the Earth once each month, and each month reaches a point farthest from the Earth, called apogee, and closest to the Earth, called perigee.
A SuperMoon occurs when the Moon is at least 90% of the way to its perigee position at the same time it is full or new. An extreme SuperMoon is when a full or new Moon happens at the same time the Moon is close to 100% perigee. May’s full Moon will occur within an hour of the Moon’s perigee.
The reason these two Moon phases are singled out is because each of them means that the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment. When the Moon is full, it sits exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. When the Moon is new, it sits between the Earth and the Sun. In both cases, the gravitational pull from these two bodies – the Moon and the Sun – combine to create larger than normal tides, called “spring tides,” on Earth. When the Moon is also at perigee at this time, the effect is magnified into what is called a “proxigean spring tide.”
Of course, a new Moon at perigee isn’t very exciting to look at – because the new Moon does not reflect the Sun’s light, it is invisible – so full SuperMoons get much more attention than new SuperMoons.
There are actually about four or five SuperMoon events each year, only about half of which are full SuperMoons. Extreme SuperMoons are more rare and occur at varying intervals ranging from as little as a year to 20 years or more.
The Moon won’t be as big and bright as this week’s Moon for another two years – August 10, 2014, to be exact – so be sure to get outside this weekend and enjoy it!
This Saturday night, the largest full moon of the year will appear. This week’s full Moon, which takes place on May 5, will be a “SuperMoon,” and should appear quite a bit larger and brighter than a normal full Moon.
Last year, the March SuperMoon got a lot of media attention because it was the largest full Moon in nearly 20 years. This week’s SuperMoon will not be quite as extreme as last year’s, but will come close.
SuperMoons are caused by the shape of the Moon’s orbit, which is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits the Earth once each month, and each month reaches a point farthest from the Earth, called apogee, and closest to the Earth, called perigee.
A SuperMoon occurs when the Moon is at least 90% of the way to its perigee position at the same time it is full or new. An extreme SuperMoon is when a full or new Moon happens at the same time the Moon is close to 100% perigee. May’s full Moon will occur within an hour of the Moon’s perigee.
The reason these two Moon phases are singled out is because each of them means that the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment. When the Moon is full, it sits exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. When the Moon is new, it sits between the Earth and the Sun. In both cases, the gravitational pull from these two bodies – the Moon and the Sun – combine to create larger than normal tides, called “spring tides,” on Earth. When the Moon is also at perigee at this time, the effect is magnified into what is called a “proxigean spring tide.”
Of course, a new Moon at perigee isn’t very exciting to look at – because the new Moon does not reflect the Sun’s light, it is invisible – so full SuperMoons get much more attention than new SuperMoons.
There are actually about four or five SuperMoon events each year, only about half of which are full SuperMoons. Extreme SuperMoons are more rare and occur at varying intervals ranging from as little as a year to 20 years or more.
The Moon won’t be as big and bright as this week’s Moon for another two years – August 10, 2014, to be exact – so be sure to get outside this weekend and enjoy it!
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 02:18 AM
It's out there - all misty, shining thru some light cloud cover.
Last year, we were at the cottage for the Super Moon. We had some enhancements earlier on in the day, and trucked out to a hill above the treeline to catch it. Well, we were 3 hours north of Toronto, in the middle of the forest, and it was winter. I had never seen the moon so bright! Seriously, it shone like it was made of a silvered mirror! And we could catch edges of the spectrum on it's top and bottom - one of the coolest celestial events I have seen with my naked eye.
Catching en event like that out where there is no light pollution = AMAZING!!!
Last year, we were at the cottage for the Super Moon. We had some enhancements earlier on in the day, and trucked out to a hill above the treeline to catch it. Well, we were 3 hours north of Toronto, in the middle of the forest, and it was winter. I had never seen the moon so bright! Seriously, it shone like it was made of a silvered mirror! And we could catch edges of the spectrum on it's top and bottom - one of the coolest celestial events I have seen with my naked eye.
Catching en event like that out where there is no light pollution = AMAZING!!!
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 01:58 PM
Here's my shot of the Supermoon coming over the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque. Not even close to how cool it looked at actual moonrise coming over the city, but I was in the car on my way to photograph it coming over the mountains. City shot with it at eye level on the horizon glowing BRIGHT orange would have been incredible. No doubt it was bigger than normal. I heard 30% larger, and I believe it. It was HUGE. When I did get up to the mountains, there was this CRAZY light being omitted just before it rose over the crest of the mountains. It was truly other worldly, I can't even describe this light before the moonrise. It was like a heavenly sweeping vaporglow connecting heaven and earth
Shot with a Canon T2i @ ISO 100, F-16, 1/60 with an 18-55mm lens. Probably needed a 300mm lens for this.
Shot with a Canon T2i @ ISO 100, F-16, 1/60 with an 18-55mm lens. Probably needed a 300mm lens for this.
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 02:34 PM
Mine from Friday night. I wanted to get the NYC skyline in the shot, but got out there too late. Well hopefully another shot at it tonight.
Almost Supermoon by Jeremy.Gordon, on Flickr
Almost Supermoon by Jeremy.Gordon, on Flickr
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 05:50 PM
Mine from Friday night. I wanted to get the NYC skyline in the shot, but got out there too late. Well hopefully another shot at it tonight.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/7148555529_5d8b5e4653_c.jpg
Almost Supermoon by Jeremy.Gordon, on Flickr
That's an amazing shot!! I
the moon. 
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 07:22 PM
Cool pics here from all over the world:
http://www.buzzfeed....-from-around-th
It was beautiful from our lawn, but next time there's en event like this I want to get to where I can see it rising.
http://www.buzzfeed....-from-around-th
It was beautiful from our lawn, but next time there's en event like this I want to get to where I can see it rising.
