The moon's orbit is not a perfect circle, so its distance from Earth varies throughout the year. In May, its orbit brought it closer than usual and it was dubbed, "Super Moon," because it looked bigger to our Earthling eyes. Since I was on the coast, I could not photograph it rising, so I set my sights on photographing it as it set (something I have never done before).
According to my iPhone app, moon set would occur at 6:22am, 16 minutes after sunrise. Barbi, Noël and I were on the road well before 5 looking for a location Don, the workshop leader had suggested. We found it, parked, hiked out to the edge of the cliffs, set up our tripods and DSLR cameras, and waited for enough light to focus.
5:40am
6:01am
6:10am
Soon after this the moon disappeared into the mist.
Getting up so early made for a long day,
but we had too much fun to be tired.
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