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alexspaeth

It feels so good when everything lines up just as you planned it.

I don’t always have time to shoot the full moon rise, but I had the chance to chase last night’s Strawberry Moon. I did some last minute calculations in @Photopills and Photographer’s Ephemeris to figure out where I should be to capture the moon right over Mt. Rainier. Even if I had my math right, I still had to hope the weather cooperated. There were plenty of thick horizon clouds that provided some nice pink color at sunset, but they were blocking the moon (wherever it was). It wasn’t until about 40 minutes after the official moonrise that it finally broke through the clouds, just as the last purple remnants were disappearing. Talk about a photo finish!

The next big moon event will be a full solar eclipse over Chile and Argentina on July 2nd; I can hardly wait to see what amazing photos people will capture down there. I just hope the weather plays nice, because eclipses are such amazing events to witness.

Sony a7riii Tamron 150-600mm at 200mm f/8 ISO 100 Aperture priority with -1 EV (880 images)