I went out to shoot the full moon with my friend Stephanie the other night. We had a lot of fun sitting in her neighbor's field with our cameras on tripods and the moon in full view. I call that spot on the bottom "the melon spot" and I enjoyed explaining to her that our friends in the southern hemisphere see it on the top while we see it on the bottom (and how we often tease each other that we see the moon upside-down). But I was surprised this evening to see it in a different spot on another 365 member who lives west of me.
My apologies to Taffy @taffy for stealing her shot but this so intrigued me I had to put the two shots side by side to see it. I noticed that the "melon" part of the moon when I see it is in the lower right part of the moon, but Taffy's is on the left! I guess that has to do with where we are located in the USA but I'd never noticed that before!
I never knew that - about melons! Thought they were always at the bottom! Your shot is very clear and round! I can see the lights of all the towns on the moon too!
That's really interesting. I've never before really seen enough images to notice the difference - but this looks like something worth exploring. Thanks for putting up the comparison.!
Oh! You should have added from from "downunder" to really confuse the other people!! Now for your 2 different ones - were the cameras held at different angles? Or how far apart as well as north/south are the two of you? great topic for discussion :)
@gilbertwood I did think about adding the "down under" version, but by the time I was posting my massive upload I was running out of steam and I didn't remember if any of you had posted a full moon shot in the last few days as I've been on and off. But @summerfield Vikki did one a year or two ago with one of hers and @salza Sally's. Very cool! I will have to look up the answer to your second question. I think it's about a 16 or more hour drive from East Stroudsburg where I live to Chicago but I have no idea what that means in mileage. I don't think the camera angle has anything to do with it, but who knows! I used to have a friend that was really into astronomy so I would always ask him questions like this, but I haven't seen him in a long while!
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Thank you Maggie, Kim, Connie, Rob and Dione! If you know anyone who's up on scientific things like this, feel free to ask them!
I was thinking about that melon spot, (I love that you called it that - it is exactly how I would describe it) when I first saw Taffys moon. Fascinating how we all get a different view. One of the things I love about this project.
I had noticed that some moons taken on the same night were at a different positions mine has the melon spot at the bottom like yours taken here in the UK .
Really interesting, I remember seeing the stars and milky way in Africa and talking to people about how it looked different to where we are in the UK. Great shot.
Thank you one and all- this was fun to see and now you can see the hemispheres in comparison too if you click on the link above. I've started thinking it would be so much fun to have a poster from all different locations around the world with the "melon spot" prominently featured.
Thank you Maggie, Kim, Connie, Rob and Dione! If you know anyone who's up on scientific things like this, feel free to ask them!
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Thank you one and all- this was fun to see and now you can see the hemispheres in comparison too if you click on the link above. I've started thinking it would be so much fun to have a poster from all different locations around the world with the "melon spot" prominently featured.
@taffy I'm glad you liked it Taffy!