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[Jim Kenney]

Random scenes from recent time in Florida.

 

[LiquidFeet]

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Random scenes from recent time in Florida.

That sunset on the beach takes my breath away. Where in Fla?

 

[Jim Kenney]

That sunset on the beach takes my breath away. Where in Fla?

Panama City Beach, air and water both about 80 degs throughout the month of October. Few people.

 

[James]

Sunday, top of Okemo.

Probably 65deg F up there. It was colder weeks ago.

 

[Uncle-A]

Moon rising over Barnegat Bay, NJ yesterday evening.

 

[Michael Kane]

Its not a very good picture, but here is one I took of the blood red moon (lunar eclipse) early this morning while waiting for the dogs to finish up.

 

[Doug Briggs]

A beautiful morning in Breckenridge.

 

[Mothertucker]

Not too shabby here in the San Bernardino Mountains this morning either. 80 mph gusts and valley wide power outage during the storm tho.

Photo by K. Bates

 

[LiquidFeet]

Its not a very good picture, but here is one I took of the blood red moon (lunar eclipse) early this morning while waiting for the dogs to finish up. View attachment 182545

The moon normaly looks flat to me. @Michael Kane's photo makes it look like a ball - the light and shadow on it is quite visible. I wonder what causes the more than normal shading on the red moon.

 

[BS Slarver]

 

[BS Slarver]

 

[dbostedo]

The moon normaly looks flat to me. @Michael Kane's photo makes it look like a ball - the light and shadow on it is quite visible. I wonder what causes the more than normal shading on the red moon.
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"Flat" would imply everything is evenly lit. For something far away, we don't have much parallax difference between our eyes, so any depth you see is likely due to lighting and how your brain interprets it. A full moon is very evenly lit and far away, so not many depth cues.

In an eclipse, though, there is variation in the lighting as the shadow moves across the moon - it's not entirely light or dark. My guess is your brain then sees this shading as revealing the actual curve/bulge of the sphere that is the moon, and your brain interprets the depth from that.

 

[Mothertucker]

Summit Lake very early this morning, 12:19am.

 

[Andy Mink]

Moon set over Beatty, NV.

 

[Andy Mink]

Nevada has some interesting "tourist" attractions.

 

[pchewn]

One of my last pics from camping trip in Kruger Park South Africa. I'm home now and Timberline Lodge (Mt Hood Oregon) opens tomorrow.

This is a closeup of a spotted hyena.

 

[Mel]

First day of my ski season!

 

[BS Slarver]

I now know why they call it Eagle Point

 

[BS Slarver]

Heading back north from AZ, a few stops

NV - Valley of Fire state park

On to Vegas, Zion and Bryce !

 

[Andy Mink]

Heading back north from AZ, a few stops

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NV - Valley of Fire state park
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On to Vegas, Zion and Bryce !

Valley of Fire is amazing.