The Full Buck Moon

Mare Crisium The Sea of Crisis 340 miles wide, and visible to the naked eye. In fact, it's the right eye of the man in the moon.

Mare Serenitatis The Sea of Serenity is solid lava. about 380 miles across

Tyche A young crater best seen during the full moon. Rays of bright material blasted out ot the crust can be seen. A large asteroid struck here about 109 million years ago.

Mare Humerum The Sea of Moisture About 220 miles wide, with a telescope you can see two craters along its edge.

Copernicus A crater formed about 800 million years ago, 57 miles wide. You can see the central peaks and terraced walls with a telescope.

Mare Tranquillitatis The Sea of Tranquility, a smooth plain formed by once molten lava. When humans first walked on the moon in 1969, they landed near the edge.

Aristarchus A small crater so bright, Sir William Herschel thought it was a volcano.

Kepler Small version of Copernicus.

Grimaldi A lava filled crater, is one of the darkest spots you can see on the moon.

I always thought this dark spot was the belly button

Mare Imbrium. The Sea of Rains

Mare Fecunitatis The Sea of Fecundity.

Mare Nectaris The Sea of Nectar

Oceanus Procellarum The Sea of Storms It includes the whole large dark area on this side.

Pink Floyd is on the other side

800 million years ago WOW!...my blueprint dates back earlier than that...

That's some ZOOOOM JIM! Do you have shot of the back...?

there are so many notes, i can't see the moon!

More than everything you ever wanted to know about the full moon. Each month's full moon has a name, here is July's.

The Full Buck Moon, when the new antlers of buck deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes also called the Full Hay Moon. The Moon will also be at perigee later this day, at 4:00 p.m., at a distance of 221,928 mi./357,158 km miles from Earth. Very high ocean tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full Moon.

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Nilla_ says:

Interesting facts. I know that the orcans has name after humans but I had no idea of that the full moon had it too. How do they chose the name to the moon. I thought it always was a man. We use to say something like "the man in moon"

Your shot is wonderful!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

nalilo says:

always interested in the facts, sir. Beautiful moon, beautiful photo.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

salma1 says:

Jim, not only is this another awesome shot from you, it has so much information attached to it. Very impressive research involved. I feel privilaged and enriched to be able to learn so much from you. Thanks for sharing it.
Regarding being a good gardner, I am afraid, my yard has been partially neglected this year on account of unavoidable circumstances. Please read my response.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Distant Eye says:

Beautiful. Although I cringe when I see it; it seems my ex's behavior has some linkage to the full moon.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

MC 82157 [deleted] says:

I never knew any of that.
I did however notice there was a full moon when going to bed last night.
Your camera has produced an excellent shot. You can even see the undulations on the surface around the periphery.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Marcela® says:

These pics of the moon that you flickers with fantastic cameras do are the most amazing for me.

After taking my new camera back and being able to buy a decent zoom lens, I will try this one.

I always believed I would at least be in the space for a while. Now the pop soda Sprite is giving away a trip to the space, have you seen it? I only drink, take shower and flush the toilet with Sprite. Let's see if it will work...
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

suzanne† says:

What a wonderful sight eh?!!
fabulous photo Garn, I'm jealous, all I need is a camera with a feature called "optimal moon shot", then I'd be all set!
excellent information too, you can see nearly every doggone crater on this, what a great addition to find the names of them and add the notes.
Here's yet another angle on naming the monthly moon;
the Ojibwe July moon is called the Mid-Summer Moon, or Blueberry Moon, Raspberry Moon and also the
Flying Moon, go figure. :)

Have a great weekend Jim :)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

E-nat says:

Enlightning!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

artofgold says:

WOW, what a grand picture of the moon! With all your notations I`ve learned a little more, thanks!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

mimbrava says:

Perigee whiz, thanks for the gorgeous shot and all the information. I've lunared a lot. And now, celestial chastise me if I continue, I'll say, "See ya later, alli-crater."
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Pink Pepper Photo says:

Fantastic job my friend!!! you had clear skies!! we had the Thunder part of this moon!!

I caught it setting this morning, haven't looked at the results yet. Been busy with other stuff!!

have to fave this so I know where I am whenever I get to the moon!!!!

ONCE AGAIN GREAT JOB

dust and thunder on front porch
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

GiselleOttoni says:

Garnite, yesterday I also saw the full moon, and also took a picture.However, I thought the camera would not get a nice picture. Now, that I read your "more properties" I'm impressed. You made this wonderful photo using the FZ20? WOW!! If you don't mind, I'll try to ajust my camera as you did with yours. I don't know how to ajust it yet, but I'll try. And I'll see if I can get close to yours. I like your pictures, you know? And also your captions.:)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

gdsanders says:

Outstanding shot, notes and commentary.

Looking at a full moon always makes me think about a paradox:

1. It is amazing that we have actually visited the moon and I marvel and the creativity and engineering genius required to achieve that feat.

2. Mankind can see with the naked eye the extent of our furthest wanderings.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfy says:

Exceptional moon shot, Jim!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Buntekuh says:

Fantastic capture!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

capreolus says:

Again you succeeded in making a good moonpic. Also here it is full moon, but cloudy all evening. Still I have your advice. This is a fave.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Greg7 says:

Great photo! Great info!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

widderson old school + still censored says:

so it's already another month finished ..
thanks for the infos, I did not know anything of all that.
here it is so cloudy that even daylight doesn't come through completely, no thoughts of moon pics ... :(
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Sabinche says:

DFS = damn fine shot!
lucky you!
we had again a covered sky. :(
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Flower Child says:

Way to go, Garnite! Wish my camera was capable of such a shot.
The last couple of days, I've stopped on the way home from work to try to capture the HUGE moon rises, but only get great gobs of light. Even though I KNOW my camera won't get it, I have to try. I too need U4eah's " optional moon shot" feature! Thanks for sharing the good ones!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

DSutherland [deleted] says:

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a-Garnite!"

how you do that? so clear. Really nice shot! Looks cool with the notes all showing too (also full buck is ~very close to sounding dirty hahah :)

Have a good weekend Garnite! Thanks for all the comments on my humble photostream
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

cedar_9 says:

Such a beautiful shot! To me it looks good with the 'notes' rectangles on it too :)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Ali Bear says:

Fantastic detail!!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

it was just rising as I drove home last night... fantastic capture
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Sparky2* says:

Outstanding image and info, Jim! Dang, if I'd had you for a teacher I might have stayed interested long enough to learn something!! Well...never too late for this old dog...thanks! ;-)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Liesje says:

That's fascinating information! I didn't know the craters had names, and I never knew where they landed on the moon for the first time.
Makes you look at the moon in a whole new way.
Great shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

heavenuphere says:

Really interesting,
and a fantastic shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Fodd says:

This photo is just perfect Jim.

And so informative - I've always said that you can learn a lot from hanging around on flickr!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Antonio Costa says:

Simply PERFECT!!!!!!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady-bug says:

As soon as I saw the thumbnail for this, the "X-Files" theme music popped in my head.

Such a clear and beautiful shot, Jim!!!
Have a great weekend!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady-bug says:

P.S. You're so smart.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

born1945 says:

This is a great picture.

It was cloudy, with thunder storms overnight, here in northwest Oregon, so I didn't get to see this.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

yeimaya says:

Garnite that is great to know which crater makes the right eye which ones make up the other features?
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

hearman says:

This is great stuff, have to drag out the telescope and take a closer look, I knew some of this stuff in 1969 and look closly at the moon annually about, very nice photo and great astromony lesson, thanks.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

auntiebs says:

How marvelous!
Particularly the broadened perspective on time...
Let see... 109 million years does seem a tad long...
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

CA says:

Just excellent, Jim. Great documentation and the shot of her highness couldn't be much better.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

lesliebyk says:

Really, really good one!
You should work for NASA!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

6element says:

Wow! that is a terrific shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

pdug says:

a beauty Jim..........but you where looken at an astronomy book---huh?
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

Lots of interesting information and one heck of a shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

coicoi says:

The misterious moon!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

islandgirl says:

I'm always learning from you Garn. I just wish I could actually store this knowledge so someday people read my comments and go WOW You're smart! =)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

mrpiink says:

NICE!!! With a 72mm?? Thats it? You must have been flying high :)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

moonfish says:

WOWER of a Howler!!!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

JOHNNY FOTO says:

Bom fim de semana JIM!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

MetalMouse says:

nicely done, have we determined the quality of the cheese on the moon yet? :-)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

harisankar says:

a nice shot with a wonderful discription...thanks 4 sharing...
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Altweibersommer says:

Fantastic!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

the_nannish_one says:

Marvelous shot, Jim and absolutely fascinating! Jeez, is there a subject about which you know nothing?? Heck, not yet!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Waldgeister's Sound of Silence says:

Man without hat, thanks for this wonderful lesson. I didn't know about how the full moons get their names, but having something to do with the events of nature is the only thing making sense.My daily look into the moon calendar explains feelings, behaviours and deseases enabling us to take it as totally given and normal...and to try to avoid things or act in a different way...thanks, dear man in the moon!
re: yr comment in the SoS-flickr concerning MLK..I was astonished too, but perhaps owing to the fact that our leftwing-hippie generation here was more the geneation of Angela Davis in action/prison and those Wilmington things...
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

sumsel says:

marvellous shot!!!
thanks for the detailed informations

a wonderful weekend for you & Linda :-)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

cajunlandman says:

Great Shot, You sure jinned up a lot of conversation....
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

KmacN says:

Well , thanks for the lesson and what a great shot. Must be quite a lens on your camera or do you have a telescope that also takes pictures??
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

yeimaya says:

Morning Garnite:
www.flickr.com/photos/yeimaya/27874304/#comme nt7723054

So is the Sea of Rains the other eye? You know what? I think I see the man in the moon completely differently than everybody else... I may have the sea of serenity as his right eye. Oh no, wrong for all these years. You've got your panasonic buddy CRANKING!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

maefleur says:

well this is just fabulous! amazing detail and interesting information! thank you!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

off my front porch says:

Amazing the difference in position from your night shot, and my morning setting shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

yeimaya says:

Could you and garnite post them next to each other either here or in your comments box?

Hey I am going to try it...

Can't do it... can't get the html code from Garnites. Can they two of you collaborate? I'd love to see them side by side.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

lucycat says:

Terrific shot, Jim! Great notes and caption too. Thank you muchly!

I had been trying to ignore the full moon this month (photo-wise), but now that I know it's the Full Buck Moon, I may just have to get out the tripod and do it anyway, in honor of my full buck that I've been observing.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

jgf527 says:

that's some zoom you've got there, garn... excellent shot!

(re fotolog files: i usually keep copies of the originals.)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

buster/ken says:

big boom zoon, fantastic photo. (that pole was made by art thompson, *kind* of west coastish, as you can see--http://www.jordan.palo-alto.ca.us/staff/ lgoldman/public/mmart2/mackenzie/research.htm l)
here it is, hidden away--http://www.flickr.com/photos/busterken/ 27879928/in/photostream/
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

kartoffel says:

Great information. This is the first time I see the moon with detail descriptions.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

HopsMaltYeast says:

Outstanding.

I've often thought about modifying a bicycle to ride the rails.

My huge fear is that Amtrak or CSX would come out of nowhere and flatten my ass.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

GalleyWench says:

Very cool shot. The info is great, too.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

seawallrunner says:

what a beautiful shot. and what a wonderful coincidence that we had a full moon on the night of the Moon Landing anniversary. Cheers everyone (with orange tang, the drink of astronauts)!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Aisha-uae says:

Amazing detail and interesting information , lovely shot.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

GraniteRoad says:

You had a clean night for this as a change. Nice shot and great info.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Hardon [deleted] says:

Romantic
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Ellen Steiof says:

Wonderful!
Thanks for the notes!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

sylvia@intrigue says:

Hmm, this is where I see the real downside of allowing myself to dwell in the older images instead of catching up on the spot.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

trishoshea1 says:

Awesome!
Great little lesson there.
Are you sure you don't want to teach? We could use more good teachers.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Lionoche says:

Nice shot... Come and take a look at a more recent one...

Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

trishoshea1 says:

Hey! Just noticed this was taken on my BIRTHDAY!!!!
Won't say which one though!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

FABTRADE says:

OPEN INVITATION TO ALL!

Hello, I administer the following groups. I am looking for contributors to these pages, so if you have the appropriate material, please just join and post away!

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COLD AS ICE As the title suggests, it has to be cold!

www.flickr.com/groups/cold_as_ice/

SUNSETS OR SUNRISE, it does not matter which, but the more beautiful the better!

www.flickr.com/groups/sunset_or_sunrise/

OUT OF THIS WORLD Nothing like it on Earth – pictures from outer space – especially if you have been there 

www.flickr.com/groups/out_of_this_world/

THE OCEAN All about the sea in it a variety of moods.

www.flickr.com/groups/the_ocean/

I would be very happy to see your photos if you can spare the time!

Thank you

Stewart
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

nadi0 says:

informative! i'm gonna link this in my full moon pic.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

I wonder what would happen if you'd really add this invited picture in groups like "sunset or sunrise", "the ocean" or "oh what a beautiful baby"? If it was me, I'd definitely follow those invitations, LOL!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

FABTRADE says:

Well Pandarine, I got the photo sent to my OUT OF THIS WORLD group from rhys400D, for which I am grateful. Had it been placed into THE OCEAN or Oh what a beautiful baby group, it would not have been appropriate and simply without fuss be deleted!

However, if you have any quality photos of the content described, I would also be grateful to you.

I want to ask though, (as I am new here) do you think my comment with links was too large? Was it acceptable? What are the rules about this?

Ok best wishes.

FABTRADE
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

FABTRADE says:

Oh, I should have said that though I can see rhys400D has the right content for OUT OF THIS WORLD, he may also have images suitable for my other groups. The same is true of anyone viewing my links!

FABTRADE
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

DSutherland [deleted] says:

how does any of that relate to Garn's excellent shot of the Full Buck Moon? Yes it is inappropriate, if I were Garnite I would delete the comments and block you. i think I will block you myself just in case
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

iam980 says:

Simple is the Best
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

iam980 says:

See whether the American 50 star Flag are still flying on the Moon!

Good Shot!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

CaptureThem says:

Beautiful moon! I love your shots. Here's one I just did, what do you think? I gotta wonder if we were shooting around the same time?!

Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Garnot says:

I see what you mean.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Leandro Lotierzo says:

Great shot, did you use any aditional lens on the FZ ??
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

ComputerHotline says:

jalalspages says:

Today we have launched our exclusive album on Extra Terrestrial objects - be among the first ones to post your photos of space / outerspace/celestial world

Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ⓔⓧⓐⓘⓜ says:

You're invited!!!! Please add this Ooh! La La picture
avatar ooh lala
We'd love to have this picture into the group:
~Please add this photo to the pool and become definitively a Ooh! La La picture~

Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Lori-B. says:

Thanks for labelling all the features. I looked high and low for such concise info. Nice detail and warm white tones.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Stevie says:

Very Nice !! Also check out my astro / moon photos too !!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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The Full Buck Moon

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