Last weekend’s full moon – the Snow Moon.
Coming up Saturday, going down Sunday and back up that night.
Saturday night
Sunday morning
At the far right, you can see the morning alpenglow touching Mt Gardner
Sunday night
Snow Moon
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Total lunar eclipse. Red moon. Wolf moon. Full moon. Lots of descriptors for last night’s moon. It was stunning to watch. Constantly changing. We were lucky to see it. The skies had been overcast all day and even when the moon came up, there was still a thick hazy cloud cover.
As if that wasn’t enough, the moon set this morning was also stunning. Sinking in the deep blue sky that gradually turned to purple and pink alpenglow.
This is how it looked from my house last night. Did you get to see it? What was it like where you saw it?
Once again we are faced with days and days of smoke-filled skies. There is a wildfire burning on the far side of Lake Chelan – one major mountain range away from here. When the fire blows up and consumes more timber, the smoke generally trends to the east filling our valley and lowering the air quality. Down valley, people say there is even ash falling. Of course, the folks in Chelan and around the lake are facing even worse air conditions.
Smoky air makes for dramatic sunsets and sunrises and also changes the moon. Last night I waited for the blue moon (second full moon in July) to come up and it didn’t. Finally it emerged from the smoky curtain far above the horizon glowing a fiery red.
Just a few images from our hillside. Lots of baby birds this time of year.
Full moon on July 1
Fireweed
Western Bluebird
Says Phoebes
Says Phoebes
Cedar Waxwing watching its babies on the ground
Newly fledged Cedar Waxwing
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