THE WOLF MOON

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The Wolf Moon, the largest, brightest moon of 2010, 14% bigger in diameter and 30% brighter than our lesser full moons (see why here).

The Wolf Moon was named by Native Americans for the wolves howling during cold winter nights. It is also known as The Old Moon, or the After Yule Moon.

The photo was taken from our deck last night at 9:19.

Canon S10IS---Hand held, full zoom (560mm), 1/500th second, f/5.7, ISO 80---cropped.

The Full Worm Moon

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The last full moon of winter hangs over Big Bear at 8:50 last evening.

Robins are seen during the day searching for worms which are again moving up through the warming earth.

The picture was shot from our deck on March 10, 2009 at 8:50 P.M. with a Canon Powershot SX10IS.

Manual mode, full optical zoom/560mm, 1/100th sec, f /5.7, ISO 80, hand held.

Goodbye Moon!

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The full moon of March 25th, known by Native Americans as The Full Worm Moon (because earthworms are moving to the surface of warming soil) or The Full Crust Moon (because of melting snow re-freezing to a crust in the morning), sinks between a Jeffrey Pine and a Western Juniper just before sunrise at 5:35 on the morning of the 26th.