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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:12 pm

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Picnic, I will try.

I did notice a dent in the moon tonight. I hope that dent has been rectified by the panel beaters. :hmz:

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picnic

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:16 pm

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Meandering Mouse wrote:

I did notice a dent in the moon tonight.

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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:25 pm

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My moon does rise above a graveyard.. but that is another story.

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picnic

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:30 pm

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Last edited by picnic on Sat May 05, 2012 7:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:33 pm

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MM, this is specially for you. We have a clear sky tonight and the moon is beautiful! :thumbs_up:

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:34 pm

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Lovely pic TH!!!!

Hawk and I set off along the N2 and turned off at Grabouw towards Franschhoek.

We needed to drive east to see the moon rise as we live in a basin surrounded by mountains.

So, the moon rising over the Cape at about 17:45:

Moon closest to earth 5/5/12 by dinkybird, on Flickr

Moon2 by dinkybird, on Flickr

Moon3 by dinkybird, on Flickr

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picnic

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:36 pm

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TheunsH and DB, great pic. :thumbs_up:

I can even see the dent MM talked about. :wink:

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:38 pm

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TH, that is an awesome pic :clap:

To us the moon did seem bigger than normal at full moon. Etv news said it looks about about 30% larger, and 14% brighter. They also said watching it rise tomorrow night would be best as then the sky will be dark.

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Meandering Mouse

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:39 pm

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Theuns, wow, that is just stunning and thank you :clap:

J(Y)isliek, maar dit is mooi :dance:

I am so pleased that we were all following the moon.

Without the forum, I would have been oblivious.

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Meandering Mouse

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:42 pm

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Ok, now just a Cape reminder..

the Cape happens to be another planet.

Sorry DB, you are the weakest link

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TheunsH

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:44 pm

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Thank you DB (Great pics! :clap:

), Picnic and MM. :thumbs_up:

Here another one where I didn't do anything with the brightness, etc:

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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:53 pm

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Tomorrow I hope to post pictures.

I love what has been done.

The moon is a mystery, it is beautiful and sets the scene.

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Hugh

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:52 pm

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Been outside Moon looks so bright the real Hugh has taken photos

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:37 am

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Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr

Sunrise onto Table Mnt by dinkybird, on Flickr

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threedogs

Post subject: Re: Braying at the full moon.

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:37 am

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Great photos all! :clap:

Glad you guys got to see it at its best last night. Maybe I take the moon for granted and the sunrises and sunsets because being up very early (in the dark) and outside at dusk with good horizon visual, I see them all the time. So a good reminder to me to take time to appreciate the beautiful moon and sun. :thumbs_up:

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