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Old 28-08-2007, 10:27 PM
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Wyrt Moon

Hope everyone's outside watching tonight's full Moon. aka the Wyrt Moon.

Clear skies over the Kintyre Peninsula so I was able to shoot a few frames:


This first shot was taken with my Panason FZ-50 zoomed out to 420mm with a 1.45x Olympus tele-extender attached. Exposure was f11 at 1/60th, ISO200.

This second shot was again taken with my Panason FZ-50 zoomed out to 420mm but without the tele-extender attached. Exposure was again f11 at 1/60th, ISO200.
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Old 28-08-2007, 10:38 PM
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Do you garden by the moon? I have found positve affects by it's bearings esp my wild iris!
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Old 29-08-2007, 05:26 PM
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Do you garden by the moon? I have found positve affects by it's bearings esp my wild iris!

I'm a bit worried this year - very poor crop of garlic .... might be a resurgence of vampires and other dodgy neighbours?
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Old 29-08-2007, 06:12 PM
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Wyrt (Green Plant) Moon is a medeival name for the full Moon in August. The ancient celts named the following.
January: Quite Moon
February: Moon of Ice
March: Moon of Winds
April: Growing Moon
May: Bright Moon
June: Moon of Horses
July: Moon of Claiming
August: Dispute Moon
September: Singing Moon
October: Harvest Moon
November: Dark Moon
December: Cold Moon
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Old 31-08-2007, 10:30 AM
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Re: Waxing Wyrt Moon 30-08-07

We had some clear skies last night too, so I rattled off a few more frames.

I switched to manual focus and was able to bring a bit more detail out.

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Old 02-09-2007, 12:13 PM
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Ah, that was one big beautiful full moon. I haven't seen the moon in ages with all that cloud we had in the summer, so it was a treat. Full moons make me go a bit loopy-- I stick my head out the window in the middle of the night and take deep breaths of that lovely cold night air, perhaps howling if I feel like it!
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

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Full moons make me go a bit loopy-- I stick my head out the window in the middle of the night and take deep breaths of that lovely cold night air, perhaps howling if I feel like it!

Not surprising, Luna is the earth's moon and effects many people in strange ways hence a lunatic.
You are just one of many thousands of people who is effected by the mooooooon.

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Not surprising, Luna is the earth's moon and effects many people in strange ways hence a lunatic.
You are just one of many thousands of people who is effected by the mooooooon.

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I'm a bit worried this year - very poor crop of garlic .... might be a resurgence of vampires and other dodgy neighbours?
get a stake to substitue or bare you jacksy. hope that helps?
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Old 19-09-2007, 05:58 PM
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get a stake to substitue or bare you jacksy. hope that helps?
I think I'll stick with the stake (there must be a pun in that?). Difficult to see the moon at present - if there is one - and, despite the cloud cover, the nights have got quite cool suddenly .... No vampires yet ...
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

See now...after the horrible girly mooncup thread...this one could have had a whole new meaning but thankfully its about that big white planet and not a volume of any kind of liquid.
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Must have a look at the "girly thing" ... PS: moons are satellites not planets ...
... and I still haven't seen either moon or vampire ...

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Must have a look at the "girly thing" ... PS: moons are satellites not planets ...
... and I still haven't seen either moon or vampire ...
Stay away from the girly mooncup thread i warn thee...its not a place for men.

And doh...of course they are satellites...silly me.
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

hi just looked outside no full moon here all clowdy in the fens.
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Yes, we had super clear skies down here and it was a lovely sight. Great photos Ambriel, but what's a Wyrt moon? I've never heard that before. And do you know what the names of the other full moons are?
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

The september moon which looks the biggest is the "harvest moon"

there is a list of moon names here down the page a bit

Harvest moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Thanks mrs fish. What evocative names the full moons have, especially the winter ones.
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Excellents pics, managed to see it last night in and out of the clouds thru a 25x 'scope that I use for birding. Cheers
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Old 29-08-2007, 04:53 PM
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Re: Full Moon Tonight 28-08-07

Thanks for the kind comments. I know I still have a way to go but I'm getting there slowly.

The Wyrt Moon is a pre-Christian name for the last full moon before the Barley or Harvest Moon in September.
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hi just looked outside no full moon here all clowdy in the fens.
Hi I couldn't see the full moon either because of too much cloud but it's nice to know She is there. While She has been progressing to full moon She has been so bright She actually kept me awake what a wonderful think to stay awake with.X X X X
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