WHEN THE FULL MOON POSITIONS ITSELF JUST SO FOR A PHOTO OP
(Photo by Lisa Schilbe)
I am a hopeless moon freak. Friends and relations are used to finding moon shots in their Instagram feeds or on Facebook pages. Usually they are taken at 3 AM from my west window:
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Through the trees when I’m walking the nighttime streets . . .
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Or occasionally looking east from the rooftop of my building when the rising moon’s temptation is great:
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But a recent full moon directly across from my south-facing balcony offered a prizewinner: the urban sky over St Mary’s Cathedral. I whipped out my trusty cellphone and was pleased with this one –
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That is, until I spotted the shot at the top of this mini-essay showing the same moon over the same cathedral taken by my friend Lisa Schilbe. She posted it on Facebook with this advice: Pause. Take a breath. Enjoy the beauty.
Peace on earth.
The Moon has so much presence. It’s pretty mesmerizing.
I was bummed that the high-rises down here were in the way as it had a lower trajectory across the sky. I may go up on the roof tonight to see if it’s shows up as it starts to wane! #MoonFreakHereToo 🙂
We need to arrange view-trades! I thought Lisa’s shot just spectacular.