An approaching cold front provided begrudging looks at the gibbous Moon this morning. Shortly after this photo was taken, the Moon disappeared as if eaten by a dragon, not the fire-breathing type, but one with a cold heart. #Moon #autumn #dragon #cold front
Tag Archives: Moon
The Company You Keep
It was fun watching the Moon duck in and out of the clouds in the western sky while the Sun rose in the east recently. The football-shaped Moon was clearly marked with dark lava flows across its brilliant face as it headed towards last quarter. Without the white clouds, however, the auto exposure of theContinue reading “The Company You Keep”
Eclipse Epilogue
How amazing that we live in a time when the Sun and Moon appear to be the same size in the sky. In the past the Moon was much closer to Earth and early blocked the whole of the Sun. In the future the Moon will be much farther away and its passage in frontContinue reading “Eclipse Epilogue”
Moon Shadow
Has it really been five years since the speeding shadow of the moon swept across the US to the delight of millions who got to see it? We went to the Evergreen Aviation Museum at McMinnville, Oregon, with family members to observe it and were treated to a true solar system spectacle. The images onContinue reading “Moon Shadow”
Sunrise Rays By Setting Moon
Rays from a soon-to-rise Sun appeared in the east and blazed all the way across to the western sky and the setting Moon. Another dawn treasure free to anyone fortunate enough to look at the right time. #sunrise #rays #moon
Moon in June
Daytime rains yielded to blue skies that faded into a golden sunset with a grinning crescent Moon watching over the scene. Perhaps it is a good omen of happy times to come.
Day’s End at the Cove
The day began with a vision of a golden moon rising and reflected in a nearby pond, with a parade of planets, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter, in the predawn sky. Even shy Neptune reluctantly appeared through the telescope. The day ended with a quiet cruise on Lake Henderson in the soft light of theContinue reading “Day’s End at the Cove”
Planetary Parade
This morning on our walk we saw the above spectacle, a rare alignment of the planets along with the Moon. Next month, Mercury will join the parade as well. Additionally, Neptune, not visible to the eye, lies between Venus and Jupiter. By the weekend Jupiter and Venus will be very close together, and the alignmentContinue reading “Planetary Parade”
Happy Easter
Wishing you the best of peace, love, and hope this Easter.
Copernicus
The 93-mile diameter crater, Copernicus, caught my eye the moment I looked at the Moon through my telescope two nights ago, and I just had to take this photo. The ragged rubble and distant pockmarks so clearly displayed in the lunar sunrise speak of the extreme violence with which a hypervelocity object struck the MoonContinue reading “Copernicus”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 