Last night I captured this series of images as the largest and brightest full moon (a supermoon) of 2012 rose over Health Sciences North (HSN) here in Sudbury, ON. Moonrise time was 2039 EDT and I was quite surprised just how quickly it rose into the night sky. It started off with a pinkish hue, then turned orange as it reflected the warm light of the setting sun, and then disappeared into the clouds with its usual white tones. Enjoy!

We had a magnificent looking full moon last night, and a clear sky to boot, so I decided to give my new 500mm lens a try. This is the result! It’s cropped somewhat, and the contrast was tweaked a bit in Lightroom and sharpened Photoshop. For those who care, this was shot with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 150-500m lens, zoomed all the way out to 500mm, ISO200, f22 and 1/30 sec. I’ve never really photographed the moon before, and I know this won’t be my last time! Enjoy!

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P.S. I just learned from a Space.com article that February’s full moon is also known by different names, including the Snow Moon, Hunger Moon and Storm Moon. Didn’t know that! Kinda cool, don’t ya think?