Daily Chicago Photo: Catching the Moon

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Catching the Moon

These two sailboat masts seemed, to me, to have captured the moon. The July Full Moon has many names:

Full Buck Moon (since this is the month that new antlers on male deer start to appear)
Full Thunder Moon (since this month has a lot of thunderstorms)
Summer Moon
Hay Moon
Hungry Ghost Moon
Crane Moon
Ripe Corn Moon
Mead Moon
Moon of Claiming

One additional name for it is the Rose Moon. Pretty appropriate in this case since the light clouds give this moon a pink hue.

P.S. At 4:05 (and 6 seconds) today, it was 04:05:06 07/08/09.

10 comments:

Sharon said...: This is a fantastic shot! Very well done!; July 8, 2009 at 6:01 AM
Unknown said...: Beautiful pink moon and lovely composition too!; July 8, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Kate said...: That is a spectacular moon, and very well presented in the photo.
Thanks for visiting my blog.; July 8, 2009 at 8:52 PM
B SQUARED said...: Nicely done.; July 9, 2009 at 5:14 AM
Scrumpy said...: Few things move me more than the full moon.; July 9, 2009 at 6:53 AM
GreensboroDailyPhoto said...: Thanks for reminding us of all the terms for the full moon. Every month has them. Love it! Only wish I was as talented at photographing it as you are!; July 9, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Nice photo; July 10, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Daily Chicago Photo said...: Thank you all for the very nice comments!; July 10, 2009 at 7:29 AM
Dan J. said...: Wow. I love this scene. The sun over the mast's. Very ell composed. Oh and thanks for stopping by eyephoto.us today. I appreciated the comments.; July 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Anonymous said...: What a fantastic photo - I'd be SO happy if I ever managed one as good! (my moon shots are always terrible!)

Jackie; July 16, 2009 at 1:15 PM

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