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Shooting the Super Moon

by mwarv August 10, 2014

According to Wikipedia, a supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. It’s a spectacle that was witnessed by many the world over today, including a lucky few in Kenya.

Lucky because there was lots of cloud cover owing to weather conditions this time of the year. I managed to catch a few glimpses of the moon from TRM and here they are.

Super_Moon-1 Super_Moon-2 Super_Moon-3 Super_Moon-4 Super_Moon-5 Super_Moon-6 Super_Moon-7 Super_Moon-8 Super_Moon-9 Super_Moon-10 Super_Moon-11 Super_Moon-12 Super_Moon-13

These were taken at various intervals between 1938hrs and 2004hrs from -1.219466, 36.889063. I used a Canon 7D with 70-200mm f/2.8L lens. ISO shifted between 400 and 1600 depending on the moon’s visibility. I was at f/2.8 and 200mm throughout, and between 1/60 and 1/125.

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