Full moon on the rise

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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.

I'm participating in Skywatch Friday today.
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A moment in the life of this blog and some linky love

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Wow, the first of the month really snuck up on me this time.

My top EntreCard droppers over the last 31 days are the following. Thank you to each and every one of you.

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My top commenters on this site are the following. Thank you for keeping the discussion going. I appreciate every word you leave for me.

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Other Miscellaneous blog stuff
Since I started this blog on Sept. 16, 2008 this site has had:

Total Number of Posts: 50
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My 10 most popular posts so far are the following:

Red-hot glare
A clear day
Creative Photography gone Askew
Balloon Watch
Sky gazing
Rain
A city of neighborhoods
November Rain
O is for.. bOkeh visiOns
King of Autumn

Also in the past month, I added an Amazon Associate box to the bottom of the page featuring popular photography-related items, plus I added a Google Ads box in the lower right corner, and am hoping it sticks to photography topics. I'm not expecting much from these ad widgets, but since I was already signed up with my other blog, I thought I'd put them on the page.