Night sky Photos

Sunday, July 13, 2014
Cypress Super Moon
The view from last night above Butterfly Beach. At the time I did not realize this was a "supermoon". A full moon that coincides with the moon's perigee, the closest part of the moon's orbit to Earth. But the crowds of people out along the beach watching seemed to suggest something was up. Of course the moon needs to be very close to the horizon to really notice a difference in size, but then every moonrise is beautiful here.
beach 165 | Butterfly Beach 61 | California 495 | California coast 109 | cloud 242 | Cypress tree 10 | evening 287 | Full Moon 3 | long exposure 39 | Montecito 72 | night 112 | night sky 1 | nighttime 6 | ocean 266 | Pacific 121 | Pacific Ocean 145 | reflection 48 | Santa Barbara 539 | sky 193 | Supermoon 1 | tree 168 | water 278 | wave 106