Friday, July 12, 2013

Super-full moon in Southern Africa

On the evening of the 23rd June, 2013, the full moon was not only the closest and largest full moon of the year; ti also presented the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2013. The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014. In other words, it’s not just a super moon. It’s the closest super moon of 2013.

On 24th June, 2013 Grant, I and his mum overnighted at a Guest House on the beach in Durban, South Africa. It was a warm evening and we enjoyed a take-away pizza in the lapa next to the pool. This was fortunate, as I suddenly realized there was a very bright moon rising over the sea and dashed out with my camera to take photos.

Isn't it amazing?

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Here's wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
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11 comments:

  1. Betsy Banks Adams12 July, 2013 03:57

    You'll have to go back in some of my blog posts to see what George and I did on June 23... It was our 12th anniversary --and we went to Cumberland Falls in KY--to see the MOONBOW (rainbow at night)... Awesome --over that Super Moon.

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  2. Sylvia K12 July, 2013 04:03

    Awesome captures of a gorgeous full moon, Jo!! I haven't been lucky enough to catch one of those in a long time! These are terrific!! Enjoy your weekend!

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  3. Joyful12 July, 2013 06:46

    Very beautiful!

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  4. Steffi12 July, 2013 07:32

    Fantastic photos,Jo!Have a nice daY!

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  5. eileeninmd12 July, 2013 10:07

    Jo, your super moon is beautiful. Lovely shots, have a happy weekend!

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  6. maria12 July, 2013 11:18

    It's gorgeous and it's orange.

    The linky for Orange you glad it's Friday is now open. Hope you could join and share with us your orange photo.

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  7. Anonymous12 July, 2013 15:14

    Magnificent photography of the full moon!

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  8. Yogi♪♪♪12 July, 2013 15:51

    Beautiful shots, lucky for us that you captured such great images.

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  9. Gattina12 July, 2013 18:54

    Wow ! great pictures of the moon !

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  10. Pat12 July, 2013 21:31

    Spectacular super moon shots, Jo!! I had so wanted to get a photo of it myself, but the sky was totally full of rain clouds that night. So now I can enjoy it through your post!

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  11. Janie13 July, 2013 02:08

    Great photos, Jo. I missed the Supermoon's rise and didn't see it until it was well above the horizon. Darn, no photos for me.

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