Welcome Everybody! Please come in as we have alot of ground (and space) to cover tonight! This is what is going on: I asked my children if I could have my Grandchildren to go with me on a trip to the Moon.
Surprisingly, they said NO. Being the Crafty Old Granny that I am, I have decided to bring the Moon to Them. That's right, We Are Going on a Trip to the Moon on Apollo 11. Blast off after photostudy!
We will begin our journey here at the buzzard Sun Tree. The buzzards have migrated and the old tree looks lonely. I painted this image!
There is the March Moon in the evening sky. (image shot on mar 4 2012)
Your photostudy tonight will be this old buzzard sun tree across the road from the mailbox and that old moon in the sky. The moon is older than the tree! As with all my stuff, it is a study of light. The old tree is a brown tree. The tree is not painted red, the sunlight is. The tree is not painted black, the shadow light is. This light pattern occurs naturally in the filtered shade I am standing under. At sunset, some of the treetops just light up! So I am dancing with the Moon to put it where I want it in the image! Mirrored frames extend the shadows.
Do you think about the moon sometimes and wonder how it got there?
The end of our moondance on Rainbow Creek!
Now let's see what the big boys can do with the big toys to give us another perspective!
(The below images are credited to photographer)
Hello Star Command Post! I know you can see me! Thanks!
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120310.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Rick Baldridge
Explanation: As viewed from a well chosen location at sunset, the gorgeous Full Moon rose behind Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose, California on March 7. The lunar disk frames historic Lick Observatory perched on the mountain's 4,200 foot summit. Both observatory and Moon echo the warm color of sunlight (moonlight is reflected sunlight) filtered by a long path through the atmosphere. Substantial atmospheric refraction contributes the Moon's ragged, green rim. Of course, the March Full Moon is also known as the Full Worm Moon. In the telescopic photo, Lick's 40 inch Nickel Telescope dome is on the left. The large dome on the right houses Lick's Great 36 inch Refractor.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120120.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
Explanation: A Full Moon rising can be a dramatic celestial sight, and Full Moons can have many names. Captured on January 8 from Östersund, Sweden, this evocativemoonrise portrait might make you feel the cold of winter in the north. If you can also imagine wolves howling in the distance then you probably understand why Native Americans would have called it the Wolf Moon, their traditional name for the first Full Moon in January. The photographer reports that no wolves were heard though, as he watched this beautiful Full Moon rise in fading light over the eastern horizon, echoing the yellow color of the setting Sun. Of course, due this year on February 7, the next Full Moon will be theSnow Moon.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120211.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Rafael Schmall
Explanation: Lighting the night last Tuesday, February's Full Moon is sometimes called the Snow Moon. But the Moon was not quite full in this mosaicked skyscape recorded on February 2 south of Budapest, Hungary, and there was no snow either. Still, thin clouds of ice crystals hung in the cold, wintry sky creating this gorgeous lunar halo. Refraction of moonlight by the six-sided crystals produce the slightly colored halo with its characteristic radius of 22 degrees. Just below the Moon is bright star Aldebaran. Also well within the halo at the right is the Pleiades star cluster. At the lower left, near the halo's edge lie the stars of Orion with bright Capella, alpha star of the constellation Auriga, just beyond the halo near the top of the frame.
AND NOW for your Bonus Feature: A Trip to The Moon!!!!!
The first video below is the actual newscast and take off of Apollo 11
This was in 1969. I was 19 years old (Ha)! Of course I was involved in the Peace Movement which seemed to take over the world for awhile. I remember how exciting it was to see this event on the Moon. It still feels good to watch it again. That someone could fly to the moon was magical to me, to all of us! Enjoy!
The next one is the actual footage of landing on the moon. (Too cool)!!! "The Eagle Has Landed"
The next one is more footage of the Moon Surface!
The last moon video is the exit from the moon and the splash down back on earth.
I hoped you enjoyed the Tour to the Moon!
You are back at your desk, safe and sound.
Relax and enjoy the Moonlight Sonata with Lightning.
I put a kiss on the moon for You!! Until next time, keep Peace in Your Heart.
Love To Everyone!
.....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.
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