Monday, March 21, 2011

Super moon!

Did you get a chance to see the moon the last couple of nights? I didn't, because it was cloudy here. I was disappointed. It was not only a full moon but a super "perigree moon". It is closer to the earth now than it has been for nearly 20 years, so it looks as much as 14% bigger than other full moons we see. Since I'm not a scientist, I'll let you get a better explanation from the NASA site here.

When I got up this morning, however, I was quite pleased to notice that the moon was still in the sky. And indeed, it did appear to be a little bigger (isn't that an oxymoron?) than usual to me. These aren't the greatest pics, but the best I could get. Take a look to see what you think.

(Click on any photo to enlarge.)

Kinda hard with nothing to compare it to, right? But pretty, nonetheless.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That whole super moon thing was much adieu about nothing.

There, that's the first time I've every typed that word.

Dale
Oh my the verification word is fuler.
I think the moon couldn't get any fuler.

Grandma G said...

"Adieu"??? Are you sure? ;)