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| Mars -- 4th planet of our Solar System. Image courtesy of NASA. |
Good evening, fellow stargazers!
Well folks, my night sky photos this evening showing the December Full Moon with the bright planet Mars in its direct opposition to Earth were taken in a partly to mostly cloud-covered sky just hours before foggy overnight conditions would have made it impossible.
To be honest, I was worried that nothing would show up given the denseness of the cloud cover. But thankfully with a little patience your favorite blogger was able to capture both our lovely Luna and little Mars together during breaks in the clouds and through lighter places where outlining the features on the lunar surface were captured better than they would have been without cloud cover at all.
The distance shots with the bare tree branches in the foreground turned out really well, but it was the close-ups that really showed Mars in all its bright red glory just below the Full Cold Moon -- the name of the December Full Moon in North America.
The following are the outstanding results, a couple of which show off Mars' bright reddish color standing out in the moon glare. A couple of the close-ups between the moving clouds give the appearance of Luna and Mars inside a beautiful aurora.
Well folks, my night sky photos this evening showing the December Full Moon with the bright planet Mars in its direct opposition to Earth were taken in a partly to mostly cloud-covered sky just hours before foggy overnight conditions would have made it impossible.
To be honest, I was worried that nothing would show up given the denseness of the cloud cover. But thankfully with a little patience your favorite blogger was able to capture both our lovely Luna and little Mars together during breaks in the clouds and through lighter places where outlining the features on the lunar surface were captured better than they would have been without cloud cover at all.
The distance shots with the bare tree branches in the foreground turned out really well, but it was the close-ups that really showed Mars in all its bright red glory just below the Full Cold Moon -- the name of the December Full Moon in North America.
The following are the outstanding results, a couple of which show off Mars' bright reddish color standing out in the moon glare. A couple of the close-ups between the moving clouds give the appearance of Luna and Mars inside a beautiful aurora.
I hope y'all enjoyed my photos of the last full moon of 2022 and the opposition of Mars -- which unfortunately won't happen again for about 25 more months till January of 2025. Mars will remain one of the brightest objects in the night sky for a couple more months as it begins to move away in its orbit from Earth and dim in brightness.
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