Talk of the "Super Moon" was everywhere. Wherever I turned. Television. Newspapers. My local grocery store. I was almost giddy with anticipation. I love a full moon. Every full moon. Rising out of the eastern sky. Clouds scudding across its face. Illuminating the bare branches of the trees as it looms above them. Dominating the night sky.
And that's just an ordinary full moon. This . . . this would be a super moon. Not to be missed. A sight so impressive would not appear for another nineteen years. I could already hear the werewolves howling in the distance. I was ready.
It was cold. And I had forgotten my gloves. Nevertheless, I stood on the edge of the waterfront park and I waited. And shivered. And wondered just how it would appear.
Perhaps it would look like this.
Or like this.
Or maybe like this.
The clouds above the horizon began to glow. It was coming. Then, the clouds parted and suddenly, there it was.
I'd like to say that my little handheld point-and-shoot camera didn't do it justice. But no. This is an accurate representation. This was a "Super Moon"?
I went home and poured myself a glass of wine.
5 comments:
Thanks for sharing this. Your picture of the super moon turned out much better than mine. I attempted to get a picture of it with my camera, but it looked like a bright, orbish circle instead of a moon. =-(. I'm glad someone else had better luck than I did.
Great job, as always!
My husband laughed at me because I walked around the yard for an hour waiting, sure it would be amazing and huge, wanting that first glimpse of it.
It did appear as that red color, but was then just so regular.
Still a pretty moon, but...
Hubs said "it's just a little closer, relatively - if we live in Dayton and drive to Columbus, we're closer to Russia, but just a half hour closer".
Hhaha I know how you feel, I also thought this "Supermoon" would be something extra ordinary, and not to mention HUGE!! Hmmm that was till my baloon was popped, by the last sentence in the article I first read about it. Though it is called a "Super moon", you probably can't tell the difference from any other full moon. It's just closer to earth than what it normally would be.. But not close enough to tell. Apparently:/ Yaya, I thought. That was that. I was also prepared to stay out in the cold all night to catch it.. Till now I forgot all about it and stayed home. Better off? I love a full moon though:) *Sigh*
I am completely gutted.
I heard nothing of it until the next day then, there was all the talk.
Apparently I live under a rock :)
I love full moons. So atmospheric.
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