GREAT Pumpkin Paddle Oct. 18, 2013

If only you could see this the way the normal eye sees it! The wide angle lens makes the moonrise seem smaller. In fact, the low angle in the atmosphere does just the opposite: It makes it appear HUGE! Ah well, we saw it and it was fabulous. This is the "Hunter's Moon", first full moon in Fall after the famous "Harvest Moon". There was actually a minor lunar occlusion visible on the East Coast, but not on the West Coast. We paddled into the sunset, then paddled into the moonrise. Spectacular - literally!