Moon Madness
Harvest moon by James Maloney/ Liverpool Echo
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night riders mounted
shadows glide across the sky
moon madness beckons
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The Earth’s shadow darkened the moon during the lunar eclipse on September 16, 2016. Sadly I missed this rare event due to cloudy weather. It’s called a penumbral lunar eclipse where the earth causes a shadow across the moon. This eclipse also happened during a Harvest Moon (the full moon closest to the Fall equinox). Unfortunately, this rare overlapping of events won’t happen again until 2024. Thank goodness for the web with lots of photographs and videos!
The Harvest moon rises behind St Michaels Mount in Cornwall by Simon Maycock/ Alamy.
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Beautiful photos…thanks for sharing, Brad!!
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Beware the moon madness. 🙂
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I wonder what that same picture would look like from the Normandy side of the Channel.
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Good question for which I have no answer. 🙂
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I’ve only ever seen it from the Normandy side so I wondered. Maybe next full moon two photographers, one on either side, could pull that off for us!
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I missed the big event too due to cloud cover Brad, But I did see the huge Moon later in the evening glowing brightly..
Loved your poem, and great photo share too 🙂 Have an awesome rest of the week Brad.. 🙂
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Same reason I missed it Sue. The moon was beautiful the next night here too.
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🙂 typical isn’t it 🙂
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When the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me. That just popped into my head when reading this. The moon is magic and so are your photos.
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Fun stuff JoAnna. The photos are great, but not mine as per the captions.
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Well, you picked out some good ones. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Watch out for werewolves dear Brad! 🙂 ❤
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and witches! XD
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Yeppers those too‼️👀
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~.~
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Nothing quite like a little Moon Madness now and then to make life interesting Brad, and ’tis the perfect season for it as well. Love the second shot ~ incredible. Cheers to a great autumn ahead for you…
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Thanks Randall. Sometimes it’s good to be a little wild and/ or play. Tis the season as you said. 🙂
Happy Autumn.
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I like moon madness! I have nominated you for an award, please feel free to accept or decline 🙂 Here is the link: https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/black-cat-and-blue-sea-award/
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Thank you so much Neha. I am touched and honored by the spirit of this award and grateful that you find my writing worthy. I will consider playing along. Either way, know that I am deeply touched by you, Erika and the spirit of sharing words that inspire and uplift others. Thank you my friend. ❤
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❤ ❤
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Moon Madness – love this, Brad!
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Wow Noora. You’re all over my site today! Thanks for connecting. I hope you have a beautiful week. Hugs!
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Beautiful pic
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Pics like that show you how beautiful the earth is and it can be even more if we work together.
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Agreed. Thanks for caring, Brad
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Thank you brad and when do want to get this movement started.? You can start it when ever you want..Thanks for careing.
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OK, good reminder. It’s up to me, you and all of us. 🙂
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Love the sound of “moon madness” 😄
Visit my blog too 😄
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Thanks and welcome. 🙂
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