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14-NOV-2016 © Copyright - Pat D. Hemlepp

Obscured supermoon

Hilliard, Ohio

I guess I could have predicted this. Whenever we have any sort of celestial event (supermoon, lunar eclipse, meteor shower),
it is always accompanied by a cloud cover in central Ohio. I did detailed photo planning for this supermoon, when the full moon
was the closest to earth as it had been since 1948. I used The Photographer's Ephemeris (an excellent photo app) to determine
exactly where I needed to set up my two cameras to get the moon as it rose beside and above our community's water tower
and I knew exactly what time the moon would reach the perfect spots. The sky had been clear for two days and was clear
all day today, so I kept my fingers crossed. But around sunset a cloud cover started developing in the northeast sky, exactly
where the moon would rise. So instead of getting a photo of a very large and very detailed moon beside and above the tower
I ended up with shots of an obscured very large moon near the tower. Bummer. There will not be another supermoon this close
until Nov. 25, 2034. I predict it will be overcast that night. Another photo of the obscured supermoon is below.

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Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/3s f/8.0 at 420.0mm iso400 full exif

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