Moon Sets, Sun Rises, Tree Abides

The Sun and Moon daily dance across the sky, but steady tree, 

rooted, bides its time until lively Spring beckons and Life resumes.

This and other such scenes around Alabama can be seen at the gallery, Alabama the Beautiful.

SuperMoon Eve

Tomorrow evening on the lunar calendar agenda is an event known as the "supermoon" or super perigree moon. The moon will be at its closest point to earth it will be this year, while also being a full moon; according to NASA, the moon will be about 15% larger and 30% brighter than other full moons in 2012. The zenith of the event will be at 10:35 CST on Saturday, May 5. As this is the largest the moon will appear to be for at least the next year, get out your telescopes and telephoto lenses to peer at our atmosphere-less smaller neighbor.

More photos of the moon and other heavenly bodies can be found at my gallery, The Heavens.

First Quarter at Dusk

Canon T2i, Tamron LD Di 70-300mm at 300mm, 1/80s @ f/11, ISO 200

A Waxing Crescent, I believe

Canon T2i, Tamron LD Di 70-300mm at 300mm, 1/40s @ f/8, ISO 200

La Luna

Canon T2i, Tamron LD Di 70-300mm at 300mm, 1/10s @ f/8, ISO 100

I left this one at a large resolution so that when you click on the photo, you can view it at its full size and see the detail in the craters. This isn't a superb lens, and there are certainly some much better, but I'm pretty pleased with its performance here.

I had the camera on a sturdy tripod and was using Live View so that the mirror would already be up (thus eliminating any shake from the mirror slap), and the only moving component would be the open-and-shut of the shutter. Additionally, I was using a remote to trigger the shutter.