SkyWatch Friday: The Moon

 

14 November 2024 (16:37)

I happened to be looking out of my kitchen window as the full moon was rising this afternoon (16:37). I went and got my separate camera as the mobile is no good at zooming.

14 November 2024 (16:38)

 

Around 20 minutes later, I saw these sunset clouds from my balcony, on the other side of my apartment.

14 November 2024 (17:02)

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I was reminded that I also had photos of the moon from last month in the camera, which I never got round to transferring to the computer then. So I'll enclose those here as well:

 

17 October 2024

17 October 2024

 

Did it take long to find me?
I asked the faithful light
Did it take long to find me?
And are you gonna stay the night?
- Cat Stevens -

 

  

January Moon

My camera has limited zoom and does not get me very close to the Moon, but this past week there was one afternoon with a clear sky when it was in a good position for me from my window, and before it was really dark yet... Probably my best attempt so far!

 (Tuesday 23 January at 16:11 - maximum zoom with my Sony camera.)

Linking to Skywatch Friday

Did it take long to find me?
I asked the faithful light
Oh, did it take long to find me?
And are you gonna stay the night?

 

(from 'Moonshadow' by Cat Stevens) 

 

Skywatch Friday

Winter sky from my balcony today at 17:00 (5 p.m.)

The Sun and the Moon

Yesterday I had to put my sunglasses on when going out for a short walk. Not even with the glasses on did I really stare into the sun when taking this photo – only my camera did!

Turning round and looking in the other direction…
Can you spot the moon in the extremely clear blue sky?

(Cropped and lomo style edited image)

The field is the football field near where I live, and the temperature at noon yesterday was around -11°C (12F). It looked nice from inside, but felt very very cold once I got out. I had imagined myself going for a somewhat longer walk but ended up with just a short one. Still my face felt all red and frostbitten when I got back in.

Today cloudy again and –6.3°C but it still feels very cold just opening the balcony door, and I see the top branches of the trees moving a little… No, I won’t be going far today either. Better just stay in and continue reading, I think! (That’s why there are so many book reviews on this blog lately…)

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday