The blue moon's coming
I was one of the many who weren’t able to resist taking snapshots of the full moon last night. It was playing hard to get though. In a split second it was fully shown, the next time it was partly covered by clouds. In a way, it was fun achieving the right time to click the shutter. Another just in time moment was that I was in this particular area of Corniche for the UAE National Day celebration. The humble skyline added to the sight.
Did you know that the blue moon would be appearing soon?
We would often hear the phrase “once in a blue moon”. That means it would happen only once every two-three years. In a month’s time, a full moon comes. However, when it has two full moons, the second is termed “blue moon”. This coming December 31 (yay, in time for the New Year’s eve), we will meet one. Will it be literally colored blue? No. The color just implies that it’s something rare. The next blue moons will appear on 31 August, 2012 and 31 July, 2015.
nice shots. i hope to see the blue moon.
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wow, thanks for the information. i didnt know this. i learn too much from your blog. you cover a myriad of topics easily and seamlessly moving from vampires to celebration and then back to night and moon.
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Heehee. I’m sort of undecided which niche to cover (for a long time). =)
ay! nakita mo din! meron din dito. pero di nako nakapaglabas ng camera pano nasa kalye ako at ineenjoy ang malamig na simoy ng hangin.
Simoy pasko na dyan!
wow ok yan. kita din yan dito no? hehehe
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Yes. Abangan natin sa December 31.
I didn’t know there’s such a thing as blue moon. I thought it’s just an expression or something. Shows how ignorant I am. LOL!
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orange moon daw nangyari last tuesday eh but it wasn’t too orange in my place and clouds are too heavy so i decided not to shoot. but you had a great view of the moon especilly amidst that building below. thanks for sharing.
The photos are great! *high five*
Hmmm… Yey! blue moon on the 31st!? I hope I’ll see and capture some pics too. Thanks for the info.
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I could only wish I had my camera with me – I also saw the full moon with the backdrop of NY skyline. Thanks for the info on “blue moon” – heard about this a lot but didn’t bother to find out why until I read it here.
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ay thats lovely. Great shot Wits!
gorgeous night photography! i’ve never been able to capture the full moon like that.
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lovely.
i’ll wait for that too and will take a shot. exciting! hehe
hi jo. nice shot! bunso got scared when i brought her to the terrace to see the full moon. as in parang ang lapit lang kasi at sobrang liwanag. sayang, tinamad ako to get the camera.
and thanks for the blue moon info. abangan ko yun.
I remember when we were kids pa, takot din ako sa full moon. Baka kase may lumabas na aswang. Haha.
Oh my! Ngayon ko lang nalaman na meron palang ‘blue moon’. Yah, I noticed how big the moon was that night, pero I didn’t realize na may significance pala ang pagiging malaki nya. I thought the moon was just being himself: full. (And why am I calling the moon a ‘he’?).
I’ve a date with a moon on 31 December. (That is, if I don’t forget!).
Nice photos, Jo.
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I also wonder why the moon is called a ‘he” and mother nature is a “mother” that it is a she.
I think a lot would be looking forward to December 31 for the so called blue moon.