If you were to photographer the harvest moon tonight (or the moon any
night) you would adjust your camera to the same settings you'd need if you
were photographing, say, the children in the backyard playing with the dog.
Why? It seems pretty dark out there in space, but of course the moon
receives the same amount of sunlight as your backyard does all day.
Shine on, harvest mooon!
> At 06:32 PM 9/25/96 -0400, Barb Mallut wrote:
> >Oh oh..... Mary.... there was a gorgeous pale-butter-yellow (or "golden" if
> >one wants to wax poetic) FULL moon glowing in the sky last nite...For what
> >it's worth.
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Jim Hyland wrote:
> Actually it's the Harvest Moon, which often appears to be the
> largest one of the year. Traditionally, it is needed to allow the farmers
> to harvest their crops for many more hours each day before the first killing
> frost strikes.
> Tonight we will get to see our last lunar eclipse for this century.
> Its penumbral stage starts at 9:12 EDT, with the full eclipse beginning at
> 10:19. Especially in the Eastern half of the U.S., it will be fully
> visible and, of course, absolutely safe to watch with the naked eye. Enjoy.
