Sunrise over the Neuse River
Yesterday I was out boating before dawn... then again out boating after sunset. Two different trips.
The sunrise series above was taken from Captain Keith Bruno's Carolina Skiff as we headed down river to pull Capt. Bruno's gill-nets for fish.
You can meet Capt. Bruno, a really interesting guy, in Part One of my feature essay on Bruno, posted October 14 (scroll down to posting, or click here)... more of the essay is coming soon in Part Two...and maybe even Three.
Later on yesterday, I rowed across the glassy windless waters of river, in the Bauer 10, out to Oriental Marker No. 1, where the "Coriolanus" was drifting around for a Hunter's Moon watching party (see right). There was so little wind that even without an anchor, Coriolanus stayed within 50 yards of the same spot for about two hours.
Before I rowed out, I got the below picture of the moon rising over the river from the end of the Lou-Mac Fishing Pier.
Another dinghy-rower appears in the lower left, going into Whittaker Creek (you can tell it's Capt. Jesse by the bent oars!!)... the familiar Whittaker Point on the left... and a lone sailor trying to find wind on the right side of the picture:
While I was happy with the picture I got of the Oct. 14th Hunter's Moon, I was disapointed to have missed it coming up over the horizon... Then I learned from University of Texas' "Earth and Sky" that the Hunter's Moon was on the 14th AND the 15th, so I went out yesterday before moonrise and got the following series of the second night of the Hunter's Moon rising:
HAPPY SWF EVERYONE!
I look forward to seeing the other Skywatch pictures from around the world on the other SWF sites listed at:
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12 comments:
WOW! Those are amazing photos and video:)
Some amazing photos here. The colors in all of them are wonderful. Have to say the moon series takes my breath away!
Very COOL!!!
Awesome captured. Very nice series of SWF photos here :-)
Breathtaking! :)
Very nice sky pictures.
The sunrise has absolutely amazing optical distortions of the rising sun. At first flattened and before it can tear itself from the sea, hanging on for dear life before. Just fantastic shots, also of that lovely moon rising in glory.
love the moon shot best very beautiful skys!
Waw! Great serie of pictures. The most fantastic one is the last of the first serie sunrises :-) with the two birds at the right. Superb!
Gorgeous breathtaking photos!
Cool. Slide shows are a nice touch.
Oh, my! Wonderful and clever way to show the sunrise and moonrise. I'm glad you had a second chance at the moonrise! That middle photo of the moon is stunning!
Happy SkyWAtching!
Greetings from Iowa.
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