This was shortly after tonight's moonrise, just two hours ago. I was really happy to see it, and have my camera with me, too.
At about 4:20 tonight, @moryan Tweeted (on Twitter) that the full moon was going to be one of the biggest in the past several years, so right away I Googled the moonrise time and found that in Chicago, it had started just 10 minutes prior.
So I grabbed my camera and dashed around the office trying to find a view. I was able to turn out the lights in one of the conference rooms and start taking photos. Lots of them. It was a real learning experience. Some were blurry, some were boring, but I kept clicking. Unfortunately, there wasn't a really pretty backdrop for the moon. I kept the traffic in the photo to help give some scale. It's Interstate 294, in case anyone is wondering.
I think this is the most interesting of all the photos I took. Mostly because I like the color. Click here if you want to see the rest of the set. It's small. Only five photos.
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Thanks for posting the great Moon image, I missed it due to snow.
ReplyDeleteGood one! I did the same - will post the Florida moon tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Klaus
LOVE it. Wow. It almost doesn't even look real. I quite like the highway juxtaposed at the bottom. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThat came out great! I like the color, too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job. The color is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI find pictures of the moon fascinating. I didnt know the moon was going to be bigger this week. Well I guess I missed that but good to see the photo of it.
ReplyDeleteIt's fantastic! I like it.
ReplyDeletePS. But clicking larger does not help to get it larger... may-be I missed smth.
Last night the moon was 300,000,000 KM closer to the earth then it has been in over 15 years. Your capture is a excellent tribute to this night!
ReplyDeleteHappy Shooting!
I love the shot. Especially the tranquility of the moon set against bustle of urban freeway below, with a tractor trailer now less. Really nice photo. Biggest moon of the year by the way.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful. We couldn't see it because of overcast skys. Glad you were able to capture it and show us.
ReplyDeleteThe moon's a nice shade of yellow in your photo. Couple of nights ago we had full moon over here too.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular!!
ReplyDeletegreat shots!
ReplyDeleteso pretty photo!
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