Saturday, January 30, 2010

Biggest Full Moon

If you think Friday nights moon looked unusually big, you're right. It was the biggest full Moon of 2010. Astronomers call it a "perigee Moon," some 14% wider and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons of the year.
The moon back-lit Split Rock Lighthouse in the cold clear air of a January evening as it slid up from behind the cliff. Myself and a dozen other photographers were treated to a near perfect evening on the Lake Superior shoreline in the quite still air that only a winter night can provide.