Residents in Aotearoa: The Moon's 'Golden Handle'

Monday, 17 June 2019

The Moon's 'Golden Handle'

I've shared moon pictures with you in the past. Here is another short post that I'm very pleased with.

The video below will introduce you to what's called The Golden Handle on the moon. It can only be seen for a very short time during each of the moon's cycles.

https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-waxing-moon-with-golden-handle

Jeanne had shown me pictures of this structure on line a month or two ago and I thought it might be fun to try to find it myself. Here is a very brief record of my success.

Here's my first try.

A nice shot, but no golden handle

Next, take a look at this amazing photo taken from an observatory in Europe.

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=142863

The picture below is mine.

I took this picture on June 9, 2019. I turned my camera sideways to take it. BTW, Jeanne found the observatory picture after I had taken this one. I didn't copy their orientation.

This is the same photo turned sideways. The Golden Handle is there. Nice, but I wish I could make it a bit brighter and more golden...

Eureka! I just turned on the 'Zeke' filter.
There is no mistaking The Golden Handle. -djf

4 comments:

Dianne20 June 2019 at 08:07
Congratulations Doug! You've really captured a great image of the golden handle! Your last 'Zeke' filtered picture is almost identical to the images in the 'earth-sky' video.
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Doug Foster20 June 2019 at 11:19
Thanks, Dianne. It's a lot of fun snapping away, out on the deck at night. Good thing it's digital. I delete about 95% of the shots.
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Anonymous20 June 2019 at 15:37
It is a beautiful shot. You are really getting good with that camera. I had never known about the golden handle so I enjoyed learning about it. McKenzie
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Doug Foster20 June 2019 at 17:24
Thanks, McKenzie.
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This is a picture of my deer hunting blind. I built in in 1975 and used it until about 2010. I'm publishing this picture and text on November 15 of 2022, the opening day of Michigan's rifle deer hunting season, to remember all the years I spent sitting there and occasionally harvesting a deer. I think that the meat I provided for my family was only a small portion of the benefit I received from hunting in this manner. Of greater value to me was the time I spent alone, watching the forest and its many components interact. I had time to unwind from the stresses of my work, to appreciate our world, and even sometimes to pray. That blind was a refuge to me. It was cozy, and comfortable and I spent much more time filming the activities of not only deer, but bears, racoons, turkeys, squirrels, hawks, and once, even a snowy owl, than I did harvesting deer. May I suggest to all of you that you try to find some time and a place, where you can be alone, and where you can ponder and appreciate your life and your place in the world. It does a body good. -djf