MOONRISE, Last Full Moon of Winter
Why does this moon appear so yellow? It has to do with the moon’s being just above the horizon; and because the wave lengths of light are so long, as they go through the earth’s atmosphere and its various dust particles, the blue light gets scattered, leaving just the bright yellow light that we see in this case.
It is sometimes called the Worm Moon because It is associated with warming ground temperatures when earthworms emerge from their burrows to reach the ground surface - a signal that the earth is coming alive and spring is arriving soon.
Makha Bucha Day, celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month (March), is one of the holiest days in Buddhism, commemorating when Buddha ordained 1,250 months.
PICTURE OF THE WEEK celebrates a view that each of us might enjoy encountering in our daily life but the image falls outside the focus of any of my fine art exhibition portfolios. To sample more unexpected, intriguing images you may wish you had taken or perhaps had seen yourself, click here.
MOONRISE, LAST FULL MOON OF WINTER