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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.

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

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

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

TheunsH and DB, great pic. I can even see the dent MM talked about.

TH, that is an awesome pic

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.

Theuns, wow, that is just stunning and thank you

J(Y)isliek, maar dit is mooi

DB

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

Without the forum, I would have been oblivious.

Ok, now just a Cape reminder..

the Cape happens to be another planet.

Sorry DB, you are the weakest link

Thank you DB (Great pics! ), Picnic and MM.

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

Tomorrow I hope to post pictures.

I love what has been done.

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

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

Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr


Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr


Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr


Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr


Moon set over False Bay by dinkybird, on Flickr


Sunrise onto Table Mnt by dinkybird, on Flickr

Great photos all! 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.