Thursday, March 17, 2011

What May Have Happened

Not a Rogue Asteroid, a UFO



I would conjecture that these are both orbs in shape. I think the moon is the larger orb in the photo, and that the shadow from the sun of the smaller self-glowing orb falls upon the moon to the lower left.

It was a clear night when I stepped out into my backyard at about 2:45am on March 14th and looked toward a moon looming large over the western horizon that seemed misshapen and that I didn't quite recognize. Being curious about it and not seeing it completely through the trees, I walked out front and down the street to get a clear view. I then went back inside to get my camera and tripod. At about 2:50 I was back on the street and took this picture. Seconds later the moon did not look very unusual, but I took a few more pictures anyway until it went below the trees again.

I'm sorry that the photo is a little overexposed. Both objects had an orangish golden hue like a harvest moon. I used the night scene setting on my inexpensive digital camera. I'm not all too pleased with my camera, but it's at least something I like to have around.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Looking Towards The Moon

Rogue Asteroid Near Miss?







Looking to the west just above the horizon around 3am EDT (maybe EST) on March 14, I saw these objects and took a digital photograph. At first I thought it was a strange looking moon like I had never seen before. But, maybe there was something else in front of our moon as I was gazing from my position in Jacksonville, Florida.