The supermoon gave me a perfect opportunity to
answer a question that I have had for sometime
now and never bothered to answer.
I will give the question and answer after
this first image of the supermoon.
A little shot of the moon a bit too high of
an exposure and adjusted in bridge.
I kind of liked the neon effect.
OK the question:
Does the moon look the same at night as it does in the morning
when it is on the other side of the sky?
When I asked this question of others I got three responses.
1. Of course not.
2. Of course it does.
and number
3. I don't know, that is a good question.
Well it really should be an obvious answer as it has changed
from one angle to another as it crosses the sky, but
I decided I had to prove it.
So on my way to work at 5:30 AM on November 14, 2016
I stopped my car and took a few pictures.
I way underexposed them so that I could see the features better.
Western Sky : 5:30 AM 11/14/2016
Then that evening I took another image at around 7 PM
when it was in the Eastern sky as it came up over
the mountain East of my home.
Eastern Sky : 7:00 PM 11/14/2016
I got the answer I expected as you can see in these images
that the angle does indeed make a difference.
These were both taken from the raw image in my camera and
exposure slightly adjusted to make them the
same illumination.
Now I have another question that I will need to answer next spring.
What does it look like during the different seasons?
Now I have another question that I will need to answer next spring.
What does it look like during the different seasons?
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