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Driving westbound on the M4 this morning at 7.30am and I saw a truly beautiful sight - a massive moon (looked much bigger than usual) and bright orange, just above the horizon. Did anyone else see it, or better still, get a picture? Nature's a wonderful thing.
I certainly did. It was amazing.
Rushed home to pick up the camera and went up to Saddleworth Moor just up the road.
The moon was amazing, my 50mm lens just wasn't capable of getting decent shots.
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Rest of the set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/falkingbridge/sets/72157625740186563/with/5371794755/
I saw it whilst cycling to work, low in the sky and big.
Nice start to the day.
Looked good as a was being towed home after a snapped chain at the furthest point from home 8(
i got some nice shots of it on the way to work.
How come it's bigger ....... is it getting closer ?
It was massive at whitley bay tonight
Any chance of posting the pics, Ton? It was an amazing sight, wasn't it?
Great pics, Andrew. It looked much bigger in the sky in Wales than it appears in your photos.
Yup, whilst walking to work.
T'was a lovely sight.
How come it's bigger ....... is it getting closer ?
without wishing to teach this grandmother to suck eggs....:)
The moon looks bigger when it is full and seen near the horizon as it is given referencing scale by the horizon detail which is obviously missing when it's just swimming around in the inky blackness.
Yes, shame I did not have tripod with me.
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I ride straight at it going to work and home.
The moon looks bigger when it is full and seen near the horizon as it is given referencing scale by the horizon detail which is obviously missing when it's just swimming around in the inky blackness.
😕 explain that one again
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@tinners - yes, it appeared so large in the sky, the photos just don't do it justice. I need to buy a telephoto lens 🙂
No, because it's been bastard foggy here all day, and doesn't look to be lifting at all.
cynic-al - Member
I ride straight at it going to work and home.
If you rode faster you'd hit it..
when far away cows jump over the moon....
Watched it all morning on the way to Newcastle. Stunning.
Looked a bit like this
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Yep quite stunning early this morning. Cycling to work through dark woods with the moon shining through the trees. Quite stunning. Frigging cold though in shorts.
[i]"Get the Moon... bring it down..."[/i]
Yesterday morning I know, but it was amazing. Watched it looking white from the platform waiting for my train, then woke up on said train half an hour later to stare at this enormous orangey-red orb that was filling the sky. I was lucky enough to watch it start to dip below the horizon and then a couple of minutes later the first lightness from the sun appeared from behind me. Superb.
(And it made me notice waiting for the train this morning that exactly 24 hours later the moon is in a quite different bit of the sky).
last night through the spare bedroom window
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/5374996788/ ]my first moon shot with the compact[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/rocketdog/ ]rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], on Flickr
ernie_lynch - Member"The moon looks bigger when it is full and seen near the horizon as it is given referencing scale by the horizon detail which is obviously missing when it's just swimming around in the inky blackness"
explain that one again
the moon doesn't get noticeably bigger or smaller, but it looks bigger when it's near the horizon - apparently, i've never noticed this.
supposedly: when you look up at moon in the night sky, there's very little around it that we can 'scale' from (buildings, trees, etc.) so our brains dismiss it as a small white disc, about the size of a grapeorsomething, very small.
when we see the moon low on the horizon, next to buildings, trees, etc. our brains are given a reference scale - 'look! - it's as big as that tree!'
etc.
supposedly...
(i've never noticed this effect)
and yes, it was especially beautiful this morning!
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