Well, the moon was closer to us yesterday than at any time for the last 15 years. In the evening, we were a bit disappointed as it looked no more impressive than at most time we have a full moon. In fact, on some 'average' occasions, given the right air conditions, it can look a lot better!It was far too bright to get a really good picture, but by turning the exposure right down to minimum, I did manage to get a reasonable shot. Really need a better camera for this type of shot though (Birthday coming up soon - HINT!!!).
The best proof of this phenomenom though was the incredibly low tides! The timing was perfect for a long walk on the beach between Bournemouth Pier and Southbourne. If you can see the end of the Groyne on the left of the picture, it is only occasionally one can walk past the end and this usually involves a quick dash to avoid the waves. As you can see, there was plenty of room to spare!
AND! What of our famous (or should I say INfamous) artificial surf reef? Normall hidden below the waves, yesterday it was an island inhabited by gulls! The surfers were reduced to paddling their boards with oars!
All in all though, a nice sunny day involving a bus ride, a little shopping, a pasty and coffee in Bournemouth Garden watching the multitudes enjoying the rare weather. Ice creams being sold by the thousand, children screaming, couples walking hand in hand. A perfect day, and I even managed to fit in 4 hours work as well!
Thanks for reading!
Nice blog and lovely pictures! I wasn't aware it was such a special moon; it was beautiful here in East Lansing. Full, bright and a mist ring haloing it. Your pic of it turned out far better than my attempt :) it sounds like you guys had a lovely day. The beach pictures make me wish to be near the ocean again. Thank you for sharing xo
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I were returning home from a coach trip to Devon. We left about 6 o'clock and saw the most enormous, orange moon nearly touching the earth, (like the end of the rainbow). It gradually rose higher and became paler, but made a very interesting journey.
ReplyDeleteYour beach pictures were amazing.
Anne
I can see water around the end of the groyne as usual... are you sure this wasn't taken from a beach in France with normal tides, a powerful zoom and a very clever camera angle!
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