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Supermoon of the New Year

Supermoon of the New Year

I January 2018 - Supermoon of the New Year

January 1, 2018

The first day of 2018. A supermoon was scheduled to rise at 5:22 pm local time. Temp was below freezing and the trails below my house were icy. But at 5:30 pm, I packed up the Pentax K-3 and tripod and headed out into the fading light. Down one trail and up another, until I got to the ridge where I set up the tripod and waited. And waited. And waited. The hills between me and the moon delayed the actual moonrise until about 6:00.

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