DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Everything Else... Tonight’s super moon

A super moon is a full moon when the moon is at it’s closest point to the earth.

Obviously doesn’t happen often. But it does tonight.

The moon will appear 13% bigger and 30% brighter.

Here on the east coast the moon will rise at 5:30 pm. And we’re expecting clear skies.

I think Cleveland is about 45 minutes later (same time zone but further west within the time zone.)

So for Cleveland I’m guessing ~ a little after 6 pm.

Because of the time zones, the supermoon will be rising during the Browns game in LA tonight.

Have your cameras ready. That should make some good shots.

Hey, maybe it's an omen.

The wife and I went for a walk last night to see the Pre-Super Moon.

No man, we checked, its a Moon.

But it is the same Bolts as the Browns last win.

I am getting older and don't remember like I should but you say our Browns once won?

I thought this was going to be about kim kardashian.

Its not?

OOpppssss...

My calculations were off. Imagine that.

The best view any SoCal Browns fans will get is during the long drive home.

Doesn't it seem like there's a supermoon every couple months anymore? A few years ago, they said that there was going to be a rare supermoon like it was going to be this huge event. I went down to the lake and got some great pics. Now we've had like 3 or 4 more since then.

j/c:

I don't know about any of the other stuff, but the moon looks awesome tonight.

It looked like midnight sunlight up here in Alaska. We've got a fair amount of snow, so that probably helped light things up last night.

I'm not all that impressed. It's bright, but other than that...

Beauty, eh? Very bright here in Ohio on a clear night.

It has set a number of the local coyotes to chatting. Kinda creepy and cool at the same time because they are howling from different places, with different voices distinguishable.

We stunk.

We saw it on our way to LAX airport. Really large, very low and orangish over the city. Shame we didn't win because all it needed was a white stripe and it would have symbolically resembled the Browns helmet over the LA skyline.

wow, just looking out now ... great view

Can I pull my pants back up yet???

Walking by GM's house last night we saw that there Super Moon!

It is however a shame we can't unsee something once seen.

I'm not buying the "13% bigger". Well, not that it doesn't happen, but that people can't really tell the difference. It's such a small amount. While the moons orbit is elliptical, it doesn't fluctuate enough our eyes can tell the difference when it's further or closer.

The whole video covers it, but you can start at 1:30:

Hell it could be seen from Uranus.

Still no cape. Always a disappointment.

Last night, I played Handel's 'Messiah' at Rosary Cathedral in my home town. Transcendent experience. I'll now show you the place both outside and in, so you get a feel for the surroundings, as we played this Baroque masterpiece.


exterior:


interior:





When the performance was over, I was heading to my ride. I stopped, and looked back over my shoulder. Imagine this: Rosary's silhouette stretching eastward toward Collingwood Blvd, with the supermoon perched dead-center between the two front spires, almost 'touching' both.

A group of concert-goers approached me while I was frozen in that lot. They started yammering at me about the gig, but I didn't hear a word any of them said. I merely pointed, mouth agape. They all turned... and fell as dumbstruck as I. All of us shared that moment, reflecting on the sacred music we'd just experienced... and silently went our separate ways.

In the spirit of thanks giving, I share this supermoon experience with you all. Everyone who shared in that moment was touched by something deeper and bigger than us all. These are the moments- though too few and far between- that make living worthwhile.

That does indeed sound like a transcendent experience! But this description made me picture the Eye of Sauron atop Barad-Dur in The Lord of The Rings!

Back to your post, I can only imagine how that sounded inside a wonderful place like that!

I could use an experience like that myself.

'The eye of Sauron'.... glad I didn't think of it last night. Might have ruined the experience.

And yeah, that place sounds off-the-charts insanely gorgeous... WHEN it's handled right. The decay time is something like 2.8-3.0 seconds, which is an eternity for the last notes of pieces.

Messiah features many movements that are divided into smaller, distinct sections. Our MD had to"wait for the air to clear" before launching into the new bits. She was sensational last night. Pacing, timing... all were perfect.

I've played gigs there where the music was just a jumble and wash of incoherent sound because the idiot with the stick didn't know how to treat the hall as a musical instrument too.

If you get a chance to be a part of something like this, take the chance. You'll thank yourself... and you'll seek it out again in your life.

Dude... I know exactly how fortunate I am to do what I do.

Nice posts, Clem.

I don't know if I'm getting what you are saying, but I'll go ahead and add on to what I think is part of what you are saying.

Each day, I send a photo to the rest of my family. We recently moved to a new location and we have gorgeous sunsets. Sometimes it will be a shot of the sunset. Other times, it might be a shot of the moon on the horizon of the eastern sky. Another time it will be of a pickup parked under a canopy that does not have a tarp. LOL Another time it will be a shot of the inside of a flower. The next might be a shot was of when I was riding my bike through the woods and saw USC's stadium through the trees and across the river. The next day might bring a shot of 4 deer at the back of our property and only the mother looking at the camera. The next day might be a shot of sunbeams illuminating the yellows and oranges of leaves that are going out w/unmatched flair.

The world we live in is a beautiful place. I think it's best we celebrate it. Humans might do some things to make it ugly, but we also create beautiful creations. Even more impressive is Mother Nature. Each day, she gives us multiple reasons to celebrate life.

Yes.
I think we do understand from the same or similar place.

The cool thing about what you said is this:
Finding beauty can sometimes be an accident... but it can also be a personal discipline, as well. Those who train themselves to seek beauty find it more often than those who only occasionally trip over it.

One of the best (local) examples of this is the 'Camera/Picture Taking Thread' here at EE. I get inspired every time that thread pops back up. It shows me that others are looking to find, capture, preserve, create beauty in their lives, too. It feels great to see their sharings.

I'm glad I stopped in to this thread.

We need to bump that thread. Weather's been crappy up here as of late, and I don't get to take the camera out that often.

I must be very well trained because I find beauty every time I walk past a mirror.

Super Moon...Earthly perspective with the ISS.

What the Moon would look like if it was as close to the earth as the ISS.