Re: [Leica] Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip:MOON

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

See my P.S.  The real reason is an excuse to go take pics in Yosemite, not
just of the moon.  Undoubtedly, I intend to shoot more film by daylight.  At
least during Summer, when there is a full moon, the park has tram tours to
see the moonlight on the light granite cliffs and the "moonbow" at Yosemite
Falls.  I always wanted to do this, and thought this is as good an excuse as
any.  I don't know whether they will have the tram tours going inWinter, but
there is always the car and feet.

Tom Schofield

- ----- Original Message -----
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip:MOON


> The "great full moon" is a combination of events of which only a
repeatable
> few will be photographic in nature. December 22 will, of course, be the
> longest night of the year for the northern hemisphere and there will be a
> full moon. This combination occurs every three decades or so. The full
moon,
> however, will be at its perigee (closest point to earth for the year) as
> well. This combination last occurred in 1866 and then the moon was not at
> its closest point for the year, just the month. This is the kind of event
> that, in more primitive days, would have us sacrificing the nearest
> non-Leica photographer to propitiate the gods. Wait! There is more! This
> event is within a few days of the maximum tilt of the axis of the earth to
> the sun. Tides will be just a few inches higher and lower than normal,
> exposing seabed or covering shoreline that it is normally not effected by
> the tides. Why throw in a low pressure system and watch everybody forget
all
> about Y2K. The moon will only be 14% bigger than at its apogee on December
> 8, so do not expect to fill the frame with your 21mm (or any other M
lens).
> So what does all this mean?
>
> It will be a long night to photograph a slightly larger moon well inland!
>
> All this was cheerfully plagiarized from the December issue of Discover.
>
> John Collier
>
> >>Tom Schofield wrote:
> >> I am planning to goup to Yosemite on 12-22-99 to take pictures and
witness
> >> the infamous Great Full Moon.
>
> > Marc wrote:
> > Hmm.  There really is no "Great Full Moon".  This phenomena happens a
> > couple of times each year, it turns out.
>
>
>