Full Moon Over Tokyo

Sun 2009/10/04 18:29 JST
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Gorgeous full moon tonight. My iPhone camera still can't shoot night photographs as well as I would like but this one came out ok. Shot some pics last month with a powerful telephoto and the detail was amazing. You can see those pica on my flickr account.
Shot this from Izumibashi Bridge in Akiba.

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  • tymmur
    tymmur in his top secret nuclear bunker (Registered on 2008/01/20)
    Mad scientist

    Whenever I see a full moon I think of the theory where the gravity can trigger earthquakes. There is no scientific proof for this theory, but there is a theory about gravity pull from sun and moon due to their placement. However looking at big earthquakes and when they appear compared to the lunar cycle tells that this could quite possibly be true. For some reason the quakes appears a few days (up to a week) after full moon.

    The moon also controls the tide and full moon will create a high tide, which is higher than normal high tide. This isn't a severe issue unless it's combined with a storm or similar.

    Don't ask me why, but full moon often happens on nights with very few clouds and few/no clouds at high results in cold nights.

    Still... a full moon is still interesting to see and it's quite nice to get the amount of light if you are outside at night. New moon (when the moon is all black) makes the nights quite dark.

    It's a nice picture. It's a bit blurry, but nightshots are possibly the most difficult ones to make for digital cameras. I tried taking a picture of the moon once and it turned out to be harder than I thought.

    Sun 2009/10/04 19:15:47 JST (ID #726605)
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  • Arayden KOGs
    Arayden KOGs in 虚空 (Registered on 2009/02/06)
    Mirai Bustaaaaaaa!!!

    Aww we have no good view of any full moons in SG even though it's suppose to be the most appropriate timing for the moon to really shine :X. Happy Mooncaek festival though :P

    Sun 2009/10/04 20:50:22 JST (ID #726618)
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  • chibinezumi
    chibinezumi in a kitchen under a cabinet (Registered on 2009/04/06)
    level 1 cook, shifty eyed and fuzzy
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/chibinezumi/

    woo! like the reflection on the water peaceful yet could be spooky for october.

    Mon 2009/10/05 00:00:41 JST (ID #726670)
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  • Heavy
    Heavy in Georgia U.S.A. (Registered on 2009/07/02)
    Exploring worlds and ways of thought

    Yep, full moon here as well. I though about setting up the telescope but thin high clouds came in. Which reminds me that M-31 should be in the night sky now for the next several months.

    Mon 2009/10/05 05:18:53 JST (ID #726734)
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    • tymmur
      tymmur in his top secret nuclear bunker (Registered on 2008/01/20)
      Mad scientist

      M-31? Any more info on this? I'm not really sure what it is, but I recall I once spotted ISS on the evening sky and that was an awesome experience, almost kind of religious. Spotting the manmade object in space, which shines much brighter than the stars ^^

      Btw it's cloudy here too, like 6/8 or something. You can make out that it's a full moon, but really watching it is kind of boring because clouds keep covering it.

      Mon 2009/10/05 06:33:00 JST (ID #726748)
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      • Heavy
        Heavy in Georgia U.S.A. (Registered on 2009/07/02)
        Exploring worlds and ways of thought

        Yes, M-31 also known as the Andromeda galaxy,is our closest neighbor galaxy at 2.5 million light years away. Some say they can see it with the naked eye in certain locations. It is best to spot this with binoculars first before going to the telescope the first time. Also Stellarium is a program you can put on your computer to help locate where it is. Stellarium runs on Windows, Macs, Linux too. b(^v^)d

        Tue 2009/10/06 01:15:16 JST (ID #726998)
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  • bookindian
    bookindian in East Cali-Land mountain retreat (Registered on 2009/06/24)
    master of woodchop
    http://www.bookindian.wordpress.com

    up here in tha desert mountains that ISS stick out like excited dolphin - gives tha full moon serious competitions. ;P

    Mon 2009/10/05 10:09:30 JST (ID #726796)
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  • bookindian
    bookindian in East Cali-Land mountain retreat (Registered on 2009/06/24)
    master of woodchop
    http://www.bookindian.wordpress.com

    O_O oh yeh, nice foto Steve . . . .

    Mon 2009/10/05 10:11:21 JST (ID #726797)
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  • pipopaz
    pipopaz in A little place called home (Registered on 2008/08/26)
    still trying to figure it out...
    http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/

    Every time I peek at a full moon I'm amazed at how beautiful and perfect nature can be ^^

    Tue 2009/10/06 11:25:52 JST (ID #727059)
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  • seta
    seta in Atlanta (Registered on 2009/03/13)
    Student, Sophomore

    Two things: I can totally see that being a creepy picture, like something crawling on the walls n such~ maybe too much scary movies.. n two, earthquakes, eh? like a, i don't know, LUNAR FLARE?

    Tue 2009/10/06 12:56:23 JST (ID #727097)
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