For some reason I woke up this morning at 2am. Looking out of the bedroom window over the fields they were bathed in a strong while light from the 'super moon' overhead. Not quite at full moon stage which was yesterday, the super moon in question has delighted photographers across Britain. We had a similar occurrence in August when the moon is at it's closest orbit to the earth and coloured a deep orange on emergence over the horizon as the sun is more or less setting at the same time in a direct line. On Monday driving back from the North East the mood really did look huge and orange over the Cotswold Hills as we sped down the M5. At this time the moon is about 10-14% larger in the sky but can be 30% brighter. Certainly tonight as I looked out of the window the moonlight was dazzling. Time enough then to attempt a photograph of our nearest piece of outer space. Always there, yet hard to imagine it was once walked upon by men. The moon holds a special fascination to me and many people and cultures across the ages of time. A never ending waning and waxing of our little satellite and beloved of many howling lunatic.
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