And I have the proof in the photos! On the evening of March 18, 2011, Carl and I knew we were not going to be able to be in the right place at the right time to photograph (with our brand-new, upgraded wham-dy-dine fancy Canon 7Ds) the rise of the
once-every-20-years-or-so super full perigee moon the next evening. So Carl used his astronomy "toolkit" (brain, internet and compass) to determine the time and a close-by location where we could potentially photograph the moon setting over water the next morning. Moonset was to take plae at 5:50 am and our chosen location was decided:
the boat landing on the Stono River at the end of Sol Legare (pronounced Luh-gree) Road on James Island. We left the house at 5:20 and quickly figured out that fumbling around in the dark with new camera equipment takes more time than we had allotted. And that moon went down FAST! Thus, these are what I call my lucky shots. Thank goodness for photo editing software as we did not anticipate that the moon would set directly behind a radio transmission tower! Yes, I did edit out those little orange lights! The first link above gives an excellent explanation from NASA on the super perigee moons. I also recommend
this video from NASA as a supplement to the written explanation.
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| Super Perigee Moon -- March 19, 2011 -- James Island, SC -- 5:45 am |
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| Super Perigee Moon -- March 19, 2011 -- James Island, SC -- 5:48 am |
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| Super Perigee Moon -- March 19, 2011 -- James Island, SC -- 5:53 am | | |
Feeling a bit frustrated about a potential lack of success and still nonetheless excited about this new camera equipment, we decided to make a quick run to Folly Beach to try to shoot the sunrise there. Here's what I shot. Enjoy!
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| Folly Beach Fishing pier -- sunrise, March 19, 2011 |
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| Folly Beach -- Sunrise, March 19, 2011 |
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| Folly Beach -- Sunrise, March 19, 2011 |
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| Folly Beach -- sunrise, March 19, 2011 |
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