Did anybody else notice the color of the moon tonight? I couldn't get a clear shot because I was in a place where I couldn't very well get the tripod out. With it zoomed in as far as it could go, even holding the camera against the side of the truck window didn't steady it enough. Here's what I got though.

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/42446f2005d16b32.jpg

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/42446f20057003a7.jpg

A little "double moon" effect, probably from the camera jiggling.

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/42446f2005908350.jpg

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/42446f2005b11680.jpg

I tried cropping, but it didn't turn out good.

I missed the moon..it's most likely orange from all the grain dust in the atmosphere ....usually the dust gives us really great sunsets too..but but we haven't had any here .
Now I'll have to look tonight, and see if we get a repeat performance...

When hub came in last night since he has that 1 hour drive he said he noticed the moon too......he was like, boy it was a little werid lookin last night.......
I just noticed it like that not to long ago.....like two weeks ago or so when we went on a deer run.....what's the deal with that?

orange moon info...

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonorange/

and moon names...

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/#mn

That makes a lot of sense Gretchen. The moon was low over the horizon. My wife couldn't see it at all from our house because of the trees.

Btw, speaking of harvest moon, Monday starts the three day harvest moon celebration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok) in Korea, Japan and China. It's their equivalent of our Thanksgiving celebrating the harvest. In Korea it's a time when family comes together not only to feast but also to pay respect to ancestors. While I was in Korea we went to my father-in-law's grave to serve food and drink to him and to bow before his grave (http://www.thedcl.org/legends/asia/korean/chaehyon/koreanlo/images/image009.jpg). (In Korea this is done from the knees bowing with the hands at the forehead, bowing till the hands are flat on the ground.) Then everyone goes home and feasts on half-moon rice cakes and other delicacies.

See there's something new I learned today.....lol...

That's one of the things I love about this site. I'm always learning new stuff. (That's where I picked up my moniker.)

That's one of the things I love about this site. I'm always learning new stuff. (That's where I picked up my moniker.)

And you teach too... all that cool info about the far East. Neat stuff...

Hey thanks for that interesting lesson! Do you guys celebrate it here in any fashion?

It's kinda difficult to with my wife and me working different shifts, but we do eat some of the foods. If our finances cooperate, we'd love to go to my in-laws next year for Chusok.

And you teach too... all that cool info about the far East. Neat stuff...

That's part of the fun, right Bob? I get to learn about 'shrooms I'm not familiar with and....