Super Moon

[Rusty Heap]

Anyone shoot any pictures to share of the recent Super Moon? Closest orbit it's supposed to have for the next 33 years or something like that.


Cool playing with different camera exposures to really bring out the darker lava fields, impact craters, and meteor radial blast debris fields.


I did Zero photoshop for colors.


Pics not too shabby from a affixed lens, but big zoom, Point and Shoot Nikon Coolpix P510.

[Cajundaddy]

It was a nice moonrise from my house. I didn't get any shots though. My favorite moonrise shots include landscape, trees, mountain peaks or other landmarks for perspective. This is a personal favorite:

[VaSteve]

I was camping so no photos, but it was BRIGHT!

[M.D. Holloway]

I didn't think the distance changed? I was under the understanding that atmospheric conditions made it seem larger.

[JD159]

Double check on it being the closest for the next 33 years.

Supermoon 2014 Dates, Schedule: Next Supermoon September 9, 2014 With Perseid Meteor Shower

I think after that one it will be quite some time. It will be about 20km closer in september. A negligible difference but it gives me a second chance to get some pictures because yours are great! Surprisingly detailed craters.

[kach22i]

My wife and I picked up a telescope from the local public library and drove out into the country to see the super moon.

It was very very bright, sort of hurt our eyes.

The detail was amazing.

The differences in the outer edge when zoomed in I had never seen before.

Zoomed in the middle I found it hard to comprehend that it was the moon I knew.

Zoomed out and it was just so crisp, I've never seen that through a telescope before.

We had a couple of cars wiz by us at about 45 mpg on a dirt road while we used the truck's tailgate as a telescope platform. I was sort of hoping one of those idiots ran into a deer, turns out star gazing can be dangerous.

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by kach22i

We had a couple of cars wiz by us at about 45 mpg on a dirt road while we used the truck's tailgate as a telescope platform. I was sort of hoping one of those idiots ran into a deer, turns out star gazing can be dangerous.

Such a charitable, fine human being you are!

[5String43]

A grabbed an image of the Super Moon as well. Fun stuff. Here it is.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by kach22i

My wife and I picked up a telescope from the local public library and drove out into the country to see the super moon.

It was very very bright, sort of hurt our eyes.

The detail was amazing.

The differences in the outer edge when zoomed in I had never seen before.

Zoomed in the middle I found it hard to comprehend that it was the moon I knew.

Zoomed out and it was just so crisp, I've never seen that through a telescope before.

We had a couple of cars wiz by us at about 45 mpg on a dirt road while we used the truck's tailgate as a telescope platform. I was sort of hoping one of those idiots ran into a deer, turns out star gazing can be dangerous.

Telescope from a local library? Nice!

Blinding bright alright. Anyhow, for moongazers, best viewing is not during full moon. Its more dramatic and details are better seen. Also, I don't believe to this very day, the most powerful telescopes available used in visual can see close-up surface details.

(btw: Due to overcast and heavy rain, no super-moon for us.)

[oldE]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

I didn't think the distance changed? I was under the understanding that atmospheric conditions made it seem larger.

Mike,
Because the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun are not perfect circles, the distance between those bodies does change, which affects the gravitational pull and the tides.

Drop into the Tidal Power Interpretive Centre in Annapolis Royal some time and we'll talk.

Best
Les

[strupgolf]

It was said that normally the moon is 240,000 miles from earth. This time it was 190,000 miles away. Won't happen again until 2015.

[JD159]

Actually it will happen again in September

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

....This is a personal favorite:

I've had a framed copy of that print for a couple of decades now...Thank you Mr. Adams!

Man, you guys have captured some fantastic pics...Thanks for posting them!

[wdfifteen]

Fantastic photos Rusty. Thanks!!

[Cajundaddy]

Astrophotography is a game I used to play a while ago. For best detail of the moons surface through a telescope, catch it at 1st quarter. The shadows add a lot more relief to your image like this:

[id10t]

Think I got a few nice ones of it coming up over Boston, view finder on daughters camera is really small and she hasn't sent me a copy yet...