About 8:00 PM, I went outside to see if the moon were visible and it was not. I walked around for a while to see if it were in some unfamiliar place but did not find it, so I retreated to the air-conditioned house. It's a muggy August in Houston. About 9:00 PM, I gave it another try and there it was! This time I didn't use a tripod and most of the images turned out a bit shaky. Those are real clouds that are reflecting the moon's light. I winked at the moon, to honor Neil Armstrong, as his family requested.
What is a blue moon? It often refers generically to a rare occurrence; however, a blue moon refers to an extra moon in a season or more recently, a second moon in the same month. A blue moon is rather rare. If you didn't get to see it in person tonight, enjoy these photos.
The "Blue Moon of August 31, 2012."
So you did get out that night. I was too lazy. It was beautiful, even when I went out to get the newspaper the next morning!
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