Red Moon Rising

I stayed up a bit late last night to see the blood red super wolf moon eclipse (or whatever the heck it’s called) and wouldn’t you know it would turn out to be our coldest night of the Winter so far. In fact I’m still cold.

The eclipse was kind of cool, and the moon eventually started taking on a reddish color, but I only stayed out briefly to get a few quick grab shots.

We do have an owl that often hangs out in one of our nearby trees but I suppose I would have needed night vision equipment to capture him, so that accounts for the lack wildlife photos in this post, moon only!

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23 thoughts on “Red Moon Rising”

norasphotos4u on January 21, 2019 at 1:37 pm said:

This is great – I was lazy and went to bed:)

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:19 pm said:
  
  I was feeling lazy too, but sneaked out for a quick pic. Came out a bit dark but I didn’t take any time to monkey around with it.
  Thanks for looking!
  
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Alison on January 21, 2019 at 4:27 pm said:

Awesome photo! Thanks for braving the cold to take this picture for us!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:21 pm said:
  
  Glad you enjoyed it! Turned into a quick in and out, just trying to get a doc shot of some type. 🙂
  
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Marta Hicks on January 21, 2019 at 6:33 pm said:

Thanks for being out there to get this shot. I was curious about the tides. The image is a good one.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:23 pm said:
  
  If I was feeling real ambitious and adventurous I would have gone over to the inlet to check out the high tide, but a warm bed called instead. 🙂
  
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anotherday2paradise on January 21, 2019 at 7:33 pm said:

Wow! Great job, Phil. It was cloudy here, so a good excuse not to stay up. I knew I’d see some professional photos today and I wasn’t disappointed. 👍👏🏻

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:26 pm said:
  
  I’ve seen photos that were a lot nicer than mine, but I just wanted to grab a quick doc shot. That was still the coldest night we’ve had. We never really did get a winter here this year. I actually wouldn’t mind a bit of cold weather, my favorite jacket has dust on it. 🙂
  
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  - anotherday2paradise on February 4, 2019 at 7:09 pm said:
    
    😅
    
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Maria Chalker on January 21, 2019 at 8:26 pm said:

Thanks Phil. I missed seeing the moon and I am so happy to see your beautiful photo.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:27 pm said:
  
  Thanks for checking this out, I’m happy now that I at least stepped out for a bit to get a quick grab shot. 🙂
  
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Vicky Stroupe on January 21, 2019 at 8:32 pm said:

Beautifully captured Phil!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:29 pm said:
  
  Thanks much Vicky, appreciate it. Came out too dark I think but I didn’t feel like taking any time to monkey around with it. Fun anyway. 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on January 21, 2019 at 10:35 pm said:

Gorgeous!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:29 pm said:
  
  Thank you for checking this out and glad you liked it!
  
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Donna on January 22, 2019 at 1:25 am said:

Stunning shot Phil, worth the big freeze to get this one ;o)
We couldnt see it down here unfortunately.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:30 pm said:
  
  We sure had a clear sky but unfortunately that just added to the cold. Still Fun now that it’s over. 🙂
  
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foxleylady on January 22, 2019 at 7:23 am said:

Thank you for this fabulous picture, Phil! We got the supermoon, with its wonderful light but we didn’t get the red moon. Lucky you! Temperatures here are down to -4 at night now, with a thick frost this morning. The bird feeders are emptying as fast as I can fill them.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks a million Maggie!
  We still have yet to get Winter here and I don’t think we have gotten a proper frost once so far.
  I know what you mean about the feeders though, the birds practically stand on Alyce’s head as she stands there adding the seeds and nuts. Impatient lot these little birdies! 🙂
  
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Sreejith Nair on January 22, 2019 at 11:13 am said:

Beautiful image…

Hope you had a great visual treat last night..

Thank you so much for sharing 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:36 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much for looking and commenting and I’m happy you enjoyed seeing the red moon. 🙂
  
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Rolling Harbour on January 28, 2019 at 7:08 pm said:

Very lovely BUT I haven’t been able to get that wretched CCR song out of my head since I saw this!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 4, 2019 at 6:37 pm said:
  
  Sorry about inflicting that CCR on you. 😦
  Hope it wasn’t going through your head at 3am as you tried to sleep. 🙂
  Thanks for checking it out!
  
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