ladyinred said about 1 year ago or at 10:28PM on Tuesday, July 31 2007.
There's a Full Moon tonight... go outside and have a look!
It's very pretty. Shame to be in Melbourne and inside really...
I enjoy pretty nights like this. Not freezing... a little windy... no rain... and not boiling hot either.
YAY
plus something that i lost earlier on in the week i found it!!! hoorah!
A LITTLE windy?
I can't see the moon from any of my windows but I sure ain't going outside, I might get gusted away to Frankston!
It's very lovely sight from close to the CBD. I wish right now i had a good camera to take a photo but alas i do not... :(
i noticed it last night but not tonight. very often when i get home the moon is big and bright right over my house, looks special, i sit in the driveway and gaze at it.
blowing a gale in east brunny....moon looks gorgeous. so huge!
It looks amazing... it's just glowing. Tonight is so eerie with the wind and the full moon.. I'm definitely staying inside. Who knows what could be out there?
it's was beautiful earlier on the rise - all massive and lemony on the horizon.
CURLY WURLYS!
pardon?
If I venture outside am I going to get attacked by a Curly Wurly?
taken about 10 minutes ago.
WATCH OUT FOR WERE-CURLY WURLIEZ!!
IL - don't think so. it's such a well lit night i don't even think we really need streetlights!!
You could probably see an attacker from a good 20 meters away.
great photo damselfly!!
thanks LIR. i nearly forgot then i saw your thread, so i should be thanking you!
sorry, i was overcome with excitement about the curly wurly i was eating. I BLAME THE AWESOME POWER OF THE AWESOME MOON.
powerz. haha.
me lamenting over not taking photos.... ahahahahahaha how different!
wait, what! you took that photo damsel! so great!
Where should I bite the curly-wurly to subdue it?
In the hole
thanks mono-s!
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The light pollution in the UK is so bad that songbirds sing all night.
japan goes alright too.
thats ma picture :)
it looks awesome up here!
Yay for cracky!!!
:)
ta, mods
and email!
LOL, it's like natures own emoticon.
*vomits*
i am nature
hear me :)
(LOL!)
That's a great pic, cracks. I didn't know you lived at Mount Stromlo.
There's nothing at Mt Stromlo now but a melted telescope and a wasteland of burnt pine forest. And a nice view of the moon.
!
This smiley moon is surely a sign that God is staring down laughing at us.
Still, OSX?
Nah, gods just happy he could update to mac OS 10.5.5.
I used to have glow in the dark stars on my ceiling, looking at this makes me realise that I miss them.
Earth set for full moon close up
Friday 12 December 2008
BBC News
A full moon is set to occur closer to the Earth on Friday evening than it has done for the past 15 years. The Moon's elliptical orbit means its distance from the Earth is not constant. It will be a little over 350,000km away as it passes over the northern hemisphere, which is about 30,000km closer than usual.
If the sky is clear it will appear brighter and lighter than usual, say astronomers. Friday's full moon could appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons this year, Nasa said. The Moon's orbit is elliptical, meaning it does not follow a circular but rather an oval path. It is currently approaching the point where this oval orbit is nearest to the Earth.
''It's only every few years that a full moon happens to coincide with the part of the Moon's orbit when its closest to the Earth,'' said Marek Kukula, an astronomer at the UK's Royal Observatory. ''What people will see is a full moon that's really bright and a bit bigger than what they're used to.''
The Moon is usually about 385,000km from Earth, but tonight it will be closer at around 363,000km. It will appear largest as it rises and sets, but this is a psychological illusion, Dr Kukula said. ''When it's close to the horizon, our brain interprets it as being bigger than it actually is, this is called the moon illusion,'' he said. ''The size may be striking when it's near the horizon,'' said Robert Massey of the UK Royal Astronomical Society.
However, he cautioned against expecting too much. ''The Moon may be brighter and may appear somewhat larger, but it's really quite hard for the eye to notice the difference; the eye will compensate for the extra brightness, it's not like going from night to day,'' said Dr Massey. The Moon's brightness varies throughout its annual cycle, during the mid-winter in the northern hemisphere it can appear brighter simply because it is higher in the sky.