Last weekend, there was a full moon. Not just any full moon, but a Wolf Moon! I’d never heard of a Wolf Moon before, so I guess I’ve lived a sheltered life or something. In any case, a Wolf Moon is the full moon when it’s at its closest point to the earth for the entire year. I went outside a couple of times, hoping to capture a great shot of this phenomenon, because it’s supposed to look some 30% brighter and 17% larger than any other full moon.
But, unfortunately for me, it was a very, very hazy night and the humidity caused the moon to be a blur. And, aside from that, I would really have had to go out when the moon was closer to the horizon to catch the best photo. And I did not.
Even so, I decided to post this photo, because the haze in the air, while blurring the moon itself, created a nice ring around the moon – something unusual in and of itself. Not spectacular, but nice…
Wolf Moon (click on photo for full-sized image)
