Louis Q
Took this first time ever shot for me of the moon last night. Tonight is the so-called “supermoon” which will begin at 3 pm this afternoon right on my brothers birthday…I used my 40D on tripod with 200mm lens and goofed around till I got one I thought was ok. If i am still standing tonight, I might try to get another shot wtih the 1.4X TC on the 200mm. For all you doomsday ppl. or twilight buffs, A little on the supermoon that I borrowed from other sites….
As the sun sets in the west tonight, the biggest, brightest moon in about 20 years will begin peeking over the eastern horizon.
The so-called supermoon will be about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than normal, according to NASA.
It will be the closest full moon we’ve had since 1993, so if you want to wait another 19 years or so for your next crack at it, then do so
And taken from Yahoo……..
“Along with the Supermoon of March 2011 have come all sorts of dire predictions of the havoc it will allegedly cause. For instance, there is a theory that the gravity of the Supermoon will cause all sorts of seismic events on Earth. Some have even pointed to the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that has devastated northeastern Japan as evidence.
While the gravitational pull of the moon does have a slight effect on tectonic plates due to tidal forces, there is zero evidence it causes earthquakes. Indeed, according to Natalie Wolchover, writing for “Life’s Little Mysteries,” the theory doesn’t even make sense in relation to the Japan event. The Japan earthquake occurred Friday, a week after the new moon and a week before the Supermoon, when tidal forces caused by the moon’s gravitational pull are at their weakest.
In any case, seismic events do not follow a lunar cycle. The stresses that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions build up over decades or even centuries before causing catastrophe, death and mayhem. The movement of tectonic plates, causing pressure to build up over time, and not anything celestial causes these things.
The theory that the Supermoon was going to cause seismic havoc on Earth was first advanced by an astrologer named Richard Nolle. Nolle predicted the Supermoon would cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and storms. Astrology is not, however, science. It was amusing to think in the Middle Ages that the alignment of the stars, the planets and the moon somehow influenced events on Earth down to the minute course of peoples’ lives. Most people know better in the 21st century”.
