The gray foggy days and dark overcast nights that dominated this part of the world for nearly a month have finally surrendered to crisper temperatures and relatively clear skies -- clear enough to enjoy the captivating moon the heavens have hosted in the past three days.
Beginning as an enormous, deep-amber orb, rising in the east over the horizon shortly after sunset, the present version of the moon rules the skies throughout the night, and it remains visible well into the morning before finally sinking from view in the west.
It has truly been something to behold, especially in the morning.
The following painting by Felix Kreutzer (1835-1875), a lesser-known 19th-century German landscape painter of the Düsseldorf school, does not quite do it justice, but it comes close.
Beginning as an enormous, deep-amber orb, rising in the east over the horizon shortly after sunset, the present version of the moon rules the skies throughout the night, and it remains visible well into the morning before finally sinking from view in the west.
It has truly been something to behold, especially in the morning.
The following painting by Felix Kreutzer (1835-1875), a lesser-known 19th-century German landscape painter of the Düsseldorf school, does not quite do it justice, but it comes close.
Seeing the moon in the morning sky also reminded me of some lyrics from an old song called Morning Moon (appropriately enough).
The sun’s a light bulb,
And the moon is a mirror,
There are times when you can see,
Both the bulb and the mirror.
See the bulb and the mirror.
The sun’s a light bulb,
And the moon is a mirror,
There are times when you can see,
Both the bulb and the mirror.
See the bulb and the mirror.
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