Monday, May 25, 2009

The May Crescent Moon

I just got back in from taking some pictures of the crescent Moon. This is one of the younger Moons I have photographed. New Moon was at 5:11am May 24th and I took these pictures a little after 8:00pm on May 25th (all times MST, also known as Arizona time). That makes the Moon about 39 hours past new.

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Earthshine is very prominent tonight and the clouds made things more interesting as well. I took another shot and got a little artsy.

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Weather has been very cloudy here recently...I was hoping to do some more photography this long weekend when I had some time, but the clouds did me in.

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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9 comments:

  1. Bar L.May 26, 2009 at 1:19 AM

    these are great!

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  2. SERMay 26, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    beautiful pictures

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  3. BeejayMay 26, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Hale, you take such great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

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  4. OrbsCorbsMay 26, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    Very nice pics, hale. Yes, you do take great photos. If I had more time, I'd be envious.

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  5. MinnesotaChickMay 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    Those are great shots!

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  6. drewzepmeisterMay 26, 2009 at 8:09 PM

    Fabulous pics!!!

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  7. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Hale I wanna be where you are, it looks beautiful.

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  8. SERMay 27, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    Boppster...Abby likes the way you shoot the moon!

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  9. hale-boppMay 27, 2009 at 11:34 PM

    Thanks...and those pics are just taken from the courtyard of my place...not like I even had to drive anywhere!

    Another cloudy night...I am jonesin' to do some photography experiments and now I am off to Iowa for a few days.

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