Tonight the moon is the closest it's been to Earth since March of 1993. It's known as a Perigee moon or super moon and is 14% bigger than the normal size. It is also 30% brighter. And only happens every 20 years or so according to NASA.
When I first saw the moon coming over the horizon, it was huge .. but by the time I grabbed my camera and set my settings, it was much smaller. Scientist say this is because of an illusion made by seeing the moon beaming through trees, buildings and other foreground objects. But I know what I saw and it was way larger!
If anyone is curious, these were my camera settings:
. Aperature at 11
. ISO 100-200
. Shutter 1/125
. 200mm
. No flash, no UV filter { although I don't currently have one on anyway }
. Didn't use tripod because I had a fast shutter speed, but it would have probably looked better if I had. I was just being lazy.
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