In Spanish... it's called La Luna; in French... Lune; the Greeks call her Mene; the Germans say Mond; in any language, it translates to Moon. The more we know about her... the more we know how little we really know. The stories are bold. The metaphors are endless.
I took the photo on the evening of August 27, 2009, over the night sky of Santa Barbara, California. She is waxing toward September's "Full Corn Moon", in Pisces on September 4th. It will mark the beginning of the corn harvest... so says the Farmer's Almanac.
I don't know corn moons from strawberry moons or Hunter's moons, cold moons, blue moons, or grape fruit flakes moons. But I do know when she's full she's awesome, and my shutter stands in waiting. The moon will rise at around 6:45 pm; still daylight, which might offer some nice shots. She will be full at 12:03 am, and set around 5:40 am. I expect I'll spend the wee early hours somewhere around one of the beaches along the California shore.
Here's mooning ya....
and so it goes.
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