Moonrise, moonset
64Those who know Elena are familiar with her sunrise and sunset photos. Elena gets quite a bit of praise for those shots, although she always said that her only merit is being there at the right time to capture the scene. Elena thinks the same can be said about her moon photos, being there and thinking of grabbing the camera is what she can be proud of.
However, Elena feels rather proud today, because last night she purposefully set out to catch an event that's only witnessed once or at most twice a year from where she lives, a full moonrise. Elena's heart goes pitter patter just remembering the first time in her life where she witnessed such a wonder, she still remembers being somewhat puzzled at the orange "bulk" that appeared over the horizon.
Elena was somewhat alarmed at the time. Was it a fire? An explosion? A concert with a lot of watt power? Whatever could this thing be? But the alarm and puzzlement only lasted a minute, because the speed at which the moon rises is just as quick as the sunrise, it's over in a flash.
The same can be said about the moon setting, it's just as speedy, the Earth does quick work of spinning round and covering the last vestiges of the sun, or the moon. As soon as either touches the ground, they are gone in two minutes, quite literally. A moonset is only witnessed once or twice a year from Elena's whereabouts, and one has to be lucky that it is a full moonset when it happens.
Elena wasn't that lucky this year, it was a crescent moonset. Nonetheless, it was breathtaking, and it happened two nights in a row, July 25th and 26th.
The images below are best seen in presentation format, because the progress of the moon over the horizon is very obvious with that format. Elena can't provide the slideshow here, but she still hopes the images speak for themselves.
Cruising behind the clouds
Morning Moon
Crescent Moon Setting
End of show
Fade to black, exit stage left, curtain down. Leave a tip if you enjoyed the show, Elena will see to it that the moon hears of your generosity.
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Elena: You did a cool job capturing the moon! Its so amazing to be in the West Coast in the a.m. and looking at photos of the moon in Spain- we all truly share this little planet.
Thanks for sharing a peek into your side of the fence!
Patience and a steady hand, dohn :-) And attention, as I have to admit Elena's mind wandered while watching this show :D
Violet, we do share the planet, and the planet is kind enough to share with us, right? :-)
Cool! Thanks for the light show. "Grapefruit moon, and one star shining. . ."
Superb photos as always - tell Elena I enjoyed them immensely.
Teresa, is that a song Elena is hearing? :-*
Iphie, I must be sure to pass on the message to Elena, then. I'm sure she will be very glad to hear it!
Beautiful photos! So much patience. "...And they danced by the light of the moon, the moon. They danced by the light of the moon."
Elena has outdone herself! :)
And she is still talking in third person, observes FP! :P
Gorgeous. Thanks Elena.
Thank you all!
Amanda, another singer under the moonlight, I feel like I have inspired a chorus line here :-)
FP - Elena takes a bow, quite pleased with herself.
Jewels, my pleasure entirely :-*
Beautiful set of photos! I love them.
Thank you for sharing!
wow. J thinks it looks as if the moon is falling...J agrees that it is an amazing phenomenon and J will be coming to Spain to take a gander next year. :D
Beautiful images Elena
JOAT -- Merci, madame, je suis tres happy that you like them!
J needs to come to Spain in the summer (or, errr, the equinoxes, Elena Thinks) to get a gander of this unusual event. Once she's here, J needs to avail herself of a lookout. Elena's terrace offers economic package deals. Ahem.
Thank you, Ethel!
Absolutely breathtaking!! I followed you here from the tree (shhhhh) and it's not like a backwards fiddler on the roof at all!!! LOL!!
Thank you, LittleWhistle :-) And don't worry, I won't blow ... the whistle :-P
I will..Blows G-Ma..whoosh whoosh...Wonderful, beautiful, stirring photo's.
we live on a wonderful Planet...and here where I live we have some nice sunsets and rises also, I just never have sat and filmed them, what a wonderful idea my dear and Thanks it was delightful...:O) Hugs whistle's G-ma
G-Ma is so right that we live in a wonderful planet :-) Whistled hughs right back at you!
Hola Elena! That is far as my Spanish goes today. La Luna es bonita. :)
Everyone else knew about Elena, the photographic talent in our midst but me! What a great surprise! What a terrific presentation! Elena is there nothing you don't do well? I loved the 3rd person thing, it was surprising and unusual.
Absolutely beautiful :)
Just lovely!
I could imagine you with eyes of wonder at the moon's amazing "performance" as you captured the moonrise. I can't thank you enough for sharing the photos here, Elena.Beautiful photos!!!
Raven, muy bien with that Spanish! La luna es muy bonita indeed :)
Linda, I'm glad you enjoyed the photos! I'm blushing a bit at the rest of your comment, though, because I'm quite sure I don't do everything well -- perhaps my talent lies in sharing only what I think I did well? How about that? Laugh! On the third person, I'm thrilled you mention it. I don't think we've seen the last of Elena's third person potential here at Hubpages yet :-) Besos to you!
Suiiki -- Thank you! On behalf of the moon, of course ;-)
Randy, as lovely as you are, you hipster you!
Francia, I'm so glad you liked the show :-) A moon rising is indeed an amazing performance, as I said, it makes my heart go pitter patter. Ahhhhh.
Sensational, Elena! The cloud bands across the full moon...while the pictures are magnificent, the real life view must have been completely thrilling. Not to mention that crescent moon hanging there like a ripe banana waiting to be plucked from the sky. Wow!
Wow is exactly right, Sally. What a sight it was. It really took our breath away, such a wondrous spectacle never fails to do so. Glad I could share!
JamaGenie says Elena hasn't lost her touch as a fabulous photographer! Besos!
Jama! Elena's very glad to see you! Elena says compliments will take you... anywhere :-) Besos to you!
Simply amazing! How miraculous. Elena is so far out awesome. What an eye for all the things that matter. I think I'm in love.
Babbley! Elena's pleased that you like one of your namesakes!
Elena's in love, too -- with the moon, and she saw her first, so move off! Laugh! Elena's silly, she knows :-)
Stunning pictures - thank you Elena!
Shalini, my pleasure entirely, it was an unbelievable show to capture!
SIMPLY AWESOME...!!!
very nice where do you live
Umna, it is awesome indeed, breathtaking really!
Brenda, Elena hails from Madrid, España!
Mi amiga, sus fotografias son impresionante y sorprendente!
(I speack in Spanish when I get so excited! LOL Btw, did I get it right? :D )
Thanks for sharing, I might grab everything here! Ha! :D
Cris, hello! Long time, amigo! You got it RIGHT, you just need an "s" for plurar after impresionante and sorprendente!
I'd be delighted if you grab one ot two of those and write a poem inspired by them -- please do so if you wish! :-*
dohn121 says:
4 months ago
You did a great job capturing the moon, Elena! It must have taken a great deal of patience to do so. Thanks for sharing this.