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Zooming In on the Nov 6th Moon

Slowed to half speed to see the awesome shifting of a bright Red Star

It looks like its on fire but that's just from the low-level thicker atmosphere.

Zooming the Sun through the pink clouds and had some geese fly-by heading South

Big Blue see-through Moon opposite the rising Sun

Nice clear Moon Zoom with a Real Star

Zoomed in on the sun to notice the clouds were VERY pink! Probably related to the "Pink Sun Through The Forest Fire Haze" video I got in Sept.

Had to get a quick vid of the sunset behind us while driving.

Nov 4th Full Moon just finished rising in the Eastern Sky.

This guy was practicing his touchdowns and takeoffs for emergencies on farmers field runway. Didn't get him taking off again but I assure you he did.

Pulled over quick enough to get these bald eagles guarding their meal of a white-tailed deer in the snow.

They love these cardboard boxes... Especially the Tower!

Ah, the Moon. The only natural satellite our Earth has and the subject of great controversy. The Moon is in a synchronous rotation with our planet, which means the same side is always facing the Earth. The first unmanned mission to the Moon was in 1959 by the Soviet Lunar Program with the first manned landing being Apollo 11 in 1969. The dark side of the Moon has been known to spark lots of controversial topics, because we can never see it. Could aliens set up base there? Or is it just dark and desolate? The <a href="https://rumble.com/v32dt9-the-moon-landing-conspiracy-unexplained-objects-2.html" target="_blank">Moon landing</a> has also been subjected to divided opinions, and there are lots of people out there that believe that the landing never occurred and everything was filmed in a movie studio. Scientists, of course, don't agree with this because, well, it's just not true. Then there are the <a href="https://rumble.com/v3eg80-we-believe-the-earth-is-flat-conspiracies-uncovered.html" target="_blank">"flat earthers"</a> that think the Moon is just an illusion, much like the rest of the universe, but this beautiful celestial body is real and it is very interesting to study. We can see the Moon with our bare eye, but if we want to take a closer look we have to use some equipment. In this case, the man filming the Moon is using the super zoom of a Nikon P900, and we have to admit, it captures the Moon's beauty in a magnificent way.

For us mere mortals, the moon is just a round of cheese that glows super bright in the night sky (and sometimes during dusk hours). But technology goes forward and right now, if you have the cash, you can purchase a super awesome digital camera that can pass over the 239,000 miles between the Moon and us so that you can take a selfie with it! Telescopes are so overrated. Nikon just released its COOLPIX P900 camera with a zoom so powerful, <a href="https://rumble.com/v3rh2h-nikon-p900-to-the-moon.html" target="_blank">you can see craters on the moon's surface</a>. Let us remind you that the moon is close to 239,000 miles from Earth. You can see the actual holes on the moon's surface where it's been hit by asteroids and comets thanks to the cameras 83x zoom. It's so powerful you can even watch the moon move across the sky as Earth rotates. The second most remarkable feature about that camera is that image is surprisingly stable for such an extreme zoom. If you don’t feel uncomfortable enough just yet, how about checking out this clip of the <a href="https://rumble.com/science/v73-moon-saturn-occultation-22-feb-2014.html" target="_blank">Moon zoomed in and passing in front of super tiny Saturn</a>. The clip has been recorded just as the Moon passes right in front of the ringed planet, eventually covering the sight of it! So cool! The moon is the most fantastic element in the night sky, and it is additionally the brightest, and it looks mesmerizing, however, did you know that the planet doesn't radiate its light. It is mirroring the light emitted by the sun. Just seven percent of the view from the sun is reflected. Once in a while, the moon seems to change shape, however, it is merely because the sun is lighting different parts of it. At the point when the moon goes through the world's shadow, and the earth comes directly between the sun and the full moon, it's known as a lunar shroud. This is when the moon is dimmed, and it turns in to a dark copper color. Isn't that so amazing? When you take a glance at the moon from earth, it looks delicate with light and dull shades of blue and dark. The soft parts of the moon are broad, level fields that were first seen by Galileo, an Italian researcher. He was the first person to take a look at the planet through a telescope in 1609. He, perhaps, imagined that the fields were water since he called them "maria," which is a Latin word that means Seas. Today we have found that they are tremendous, deep, holes with edges secured by rock and soil. "Maria" seems to infer that there is water on the moon, yet we currently realize that there is none on its surface. These days, and the modern technology everybody can be Galileo and explore the beauty of the moon and enjoy the sight of it and the light reflecting from the Sun. Maybe even find out if there is life on the Moon? What are your thoughts, it their life out there?

Quick Zoom-in of the Half Moon just after sunset.

The crepuscular rays are just awesome this evening.

Filming the sunset and noticed a weird looking hole open up in the clouds.

Glad they weren't flying right overhead after eating! LOL

Sun Gazing through the clouds again.

They must have a nest around here to be seeing them hunting daily.

Checking out Saturn using the P900 (With and without edge detection)

Playing around with Edge Detection Filter to give the Moon a little "Definition"

Oct 23rd Moonset: 8:56 pm ↑ (241°) Max Distance: 404,349KM Illumination: 15.5% Gotta love the P900!!

The Suns Halo in the sky above the treeline makes for a pretty Sunset

Oct 23rd's Colorful Moon setting on the Horizon