Man Over Moon

I took this the same night I took the pictures of the legislature buildings. This handsome gentleman is Captain Vancouver the explorer. The crescent moon is visible between his legs.

I am headed to Cape Canaveral tomorrow. I am so excited. I am going to go to the home of NASA and see some of the most incredible machines ever devised by humankind. A big thanks to G+G for making this possible.

Moon Over the River

This is a sepia-fied photo of the crescent moon over the river by my house. The white balance was all funny in the original, so I had to switch it. 

The moon looks weird in this picture. It has what seems like two lobes to it. That is because it was about half full. 

I did not have a chance to do a post last night as I was in transit all day from Victoria to Florida. I am here now and I hope to be able to do some cool photos where I am here. Yay for waking up in Florida!

A Waxing Moon

The Moon.

This image shows a waxing crescent moon on the 30th of November 2011. The image was taken through an 8.5 inch telescope at the University of Victoria in Victoria BC. The image is "upside down" as the lenses in a telescope reverse the image. If you were to have looked at the moon with your eyes that night, you would have seen the right  side illuminated.

The moon is such a beautiful thing to look at, so easily seen from anywhere on earth. It is however somewhat of an annoyance if you are trying to look at faint objects. The full moon is so bright that it just washes out many faint objects in the sky.