Moon over Longs Peak
I got up early this mooring to take pictures of the moon setting over Longs Peak. I had done all of my planning, had the camera ready, and got up early enough to be in position at just the right time. I used The Photographer’s Ephemeris website to plot the course of the full moon, the time of moonset and sunrise, and the location I needed to be in to get the moon over Longs Peak. The ideal plan works when moonset takes place just as the sun is rising. I was in position early and all set up well in advance of sunrise. I got some good shots of the moon but just at sunrise the clouds came up over Longs Peak. You can just see the glow of the moon behind the clouds right next to Longs Peak in the picture above. Oh well, I guess I will have to start planning for the next full moon.
This mooring was a special event, as I mentioned in my last post, with a total eclipse of the moon. I made the shot below from our patio just before I left for the moonset picture. It is much the same as the Blood Moon picture I took in Florida last April but you will notice that the light side of the moon is on the opposite side. This is not quite the full eclipse as the clouds covered that for me too.
Sometimes you have to settle for what you can get on a photo experience. I shot this image below as I was waiting for sunrise. The location was good as you can just make out the mountains in the background and the lights from Longmont on the left.
Moon over Longmont
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