The ‘Blue Moon’ and full moon photo was from our garden in N.W. London.
Tonight sees the moon is closest in orbit to Earth, this phenomena is called a perigee.
The moon is rather special this evening because we are having a ‘Blue moon’. The moon has not actually turned blue, it was just one of the many names given to the many phases and condition of this lunar satellite.
Anyway, It is called a blue moon because as it is rare to have two full moons in one month. So rare that an idiom was coined from it – once in a blue moon.
Take time to look at the night sky tonight for the Blue as we are not likely to seen another ‘Super Blue’ moon until 2037.
Blue & Super Moon Aug 2023 (photo by Peter Morton)
Out of my flesh that hungers
and my mouth that knows
comes the shape I am seeking
for reason.
The curve of your waiting body
fits my waiting hand
your breasts warm as sunlight
your lips quick as young birds
between your thighs the sweet
sharp taste of limes.
Thus I hold you
frank in my heart’s eye
in my skin’s knowing
as my fingers conceive your flesh
I feel your stomach
moving against me.
Before the moon wanes again
we shall come together.
And I would be the moon
spoken over your beckoning flesh
breaking against reservations
beaching thought
my hands at your high tide
over and under inside you
and the passing of hungers
attended, forgotten.
Darkly risen
the moon speaks
my eyes
judging your roundness
delightful.
– AUDRE LORDE 1934-92
It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose the are going to make a big deal of all this.
– Neil Armstrong (speaking from the moon)
YES WE ARE!
With the trusty camera, I took some photos of the full moon at around 9:30pm this evening in our back garden, which faces south and therefore an ideal place to view the moon and the planets traversing the night sky.
It was a bit difficult to photograph the moon without a tripod and using the maximum 21x zoom. The tricky part is keeping the moon in view, tracking as when you use high magnification, the earth’s rotation also magnifies the movement of the moon and other celestial bodies and therefore they move out of frame quite quickly.
Full Moon
Be that as it may, below are some of the photos taken trying various exposures.
Along the path, the gaze of the moon follows you.
The tangled branches
There on the snow
Mark out the signs
Of your thoughts.
– Francois Cheng
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
Full Moon
Photo by PH Morton
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
– Oscar Wilde
Did you know?
The moon is 384,400 kilometres (238 855.086 miles) away from the Earth.
The moon is quarter the Earth’s size.
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky. This is incredible as the moon does not give out light but rather reflect light coming from the sun.
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Have you heard?
You weigh slightly less when you are directly under a full moon.
On a Night of the Full Moon
