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Bill Ingalls / NASA via AP
In this photo provided by NASA, the full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, in Washington. The full moon tonight is called a "Super Perigee Moon" since it is at its closest to Earth in 2011. The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993.
Denis Balibouse / Reuters
The moon is seen behind street lamps in Lausanne, March 19. Saturday will see the rise of a full moon called a "Super Moon" when it arrives at its closest point to the Earth in 2011, at a distance of 221,565 miles away.
Matt Stamey / The Gainesville Sun via AP
The moon rises behind Century Tower at the University of Florida as seen from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Saturday, March 19, in Gainesville, Fla. The full moon is at its closest point to the Earth since March 1993.
Fred Thornhill / Reuters
Greg Kerr and Allie Mahoney skate under a full moon on Pigeon Lake near Bobcayeon, Ontario, March 19. Saturday saw the rise of a full moon called a "Super Moon" where it arrives at its closest point to the Earth in 2011, at a distance of 221,565 miles away.
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i have seen super-moon today at 5 A.M.............. it was larger then before
Spectacular photos!
What kind of camera was used in these photos?
What kind of camera was used in these photos?
On Phrogging.
The Lens is The Microphone that records to The Camera an instant in time. Placement is critical as is timing. These factors are for The Photographer (Phrog) to decide upon. If The Event is um, large enough, or important enough, then these decisive choices are crucial. It doesn't matter the camera, more important is The Eye.
A capture of time forever stands. Ribbit.
still...What ISO would you use? The one of the moon with sillhouetted in Florida...How would one get that kind of detail? And with all the light the moon gives off, would you want an F15 or so? I've tried to get the moon out here, but it always ended up looking like a fuzzy tennis ball in the sky.
I was thinking of going out to the back hills here, but once again, San Diego was clouded over (a 'storm' is coming) while the rest of the world got to experience a super-lunar event.
Western Washington was overcast too, so we didn't get more than a little peek throught all the clouds. To capture the detail, you'll need to use an ISO of 400 or lower. Anything else would look grainy. You have to have a tripod, it's just not possible to hold still enough to get a clear image without one. With the images I took last night, I used ISO 200, f/8.0, and a 30 second shutter speed. I got some nice pictures of the clouds glowing, but the moon eluded us.
I shot the following from just North of Orlando, Florida at 3:00(ish):
www.centralfloridaphotos.com/SuperMoon/Moon.jpg
It was a beautiful clear night.
Very nice, Shawn. What lense, shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO did you use?
Hey Lola3… I'm the photographer who took the picture in Florida of the moon.
I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a 400mm lens. ISO 2000. f/5 and 1/200th of a second. I was climbing around the bleachers inside the football stadium. It was a matter of seconds and inches to get this shot. The moon seems to stand still until you try to photograph it. :)
Well, M@... very well done. I'm jealous. I have a Nikon D60 (her name is Lola) and the 200mm is my highest range glass. If the skies had been clear, I was thinking of going with ISO 200, f/8 at ? shutter. Alas.
I know what you mean with the moon always moving, contributing nicely to the tennis ball effect.
I'm looking at the D5000, mostly for the video. But first I need an underwater camera. :)
Thank you Jack.
As for hardware, it was taken with my Nikon 12.3-Megapixel D90 Digital SLR body with a 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Telephoto Lens...
Checking properties in Windows on the file after the fact:
Thanks, Shawn!
Very, much worth viewing, beautiful just doest quiet make it awesome much more like it!!
very nice pictures, we tried to get a picture by Lake michigan but I think we got out there too late to get the full effect.
Ah, la bella luna!
it's pouring w/ rain tonight in san francisco, so no supermoon for us. beautiful pix, though!
Bummer.
Didn't catch it with this horrible rain/wind storm we're having here in Northern CA. Thanks for the photos sharing.
I thought, "it never rains in.............oh, that's Southern CA.
Pouring here in Southern CA too! Lots of storms this year but at least in between them we usually have lots of sunshine and 70 degree weather.
Tonight's good for me, Moon is my last name, I was born under the sign of the moon, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on my birthday and his mother's maiden name was Moon. I enjoy a certain ownership of the moon, albeit in my own head.
Startrekker, I'm sure you're familiar with the Chandra space telescope that belongs to NASA/USA. Well, did you know that Chandra is the Sanskrit name for our Moon? Just sharing a nice bit of trivia with you.
startrekker.......A legend in his own mind... J/K That is kinda cool, Does that make your family lunatics too? LOL...I'm only joking.
Didn't see any because of the cloudy sky in los angeles. I saw the moon bigger and closer last night though. It was special.
It looked like it was from a movie, very pretty.
I missed that moon... :(
No super moon here in sw va =(... Looks just a tiny tiny bit bigger.
Mother Nature at her best!!!
Well, if you are wondering why the moon is small toward the north and bigger in the mild of earth?... just think about it. I've seen this effect before in May of 2004 in Alaska. It looked very massive.. Like the pic above with the red moon....
I love the beauty & peace of the moon.
Nothing like these shots from this vantage point. I wonder why. Oh well! Am happy somone got to see it.
They say it's all optical illusion... The larger size is barely perceptible to the naked eye. It's only 14% larger than when it is at it's farthest from Earth. It's all about the horizon...Makes no difference though to me the photos are wonderful!
We didn't have a supermoon here in central PA. Ours was just a little bit bigger than normal when it was close to the horizon. I would have loved to have seen it.
I saw it! Awesome stuff!
We went to the beach and looked. Not so different from the usual full moon. I think perhaps if we had been there when the moon was just coming up it would've been far more impressive. Also if you had a point of reference it would've been better. If you notice the best pix have something else in the picture as well.
clear skies in So. Florida...it was beautiful!
The caption for the the Washington, DC image (Lincoln Memorial) isn't the rising super moon or it would really be news, because this is facing WEST. So it must be the SETTING super moon. And if this is the setting moon - it must be on March 20.
I'm almost positive the caption is right and the picture is facing east. The part of the Lincoln Memorial shown is the back side. The front side faces the mall and has the opening where you can go inside and see the statue of Lincoln. So if you are viewing the back side of the memorial (which faces west and the Potomac River), then the viewer is facing east towards the mall and the rising sun. I've been to the memorial a few times and walked around the back side of it, and that is what it looks like from the back.
oops...mean "rising moon" in my comment above. Sorry!