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"Harvest Moon Rising Above Storm Clouds"

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"Harvest Moon Rising Above Storm Clouds"

September 2012, Southwestern Colorado

A "harvest moon" is the full moon which occurs closest to the autumnal equinox (beginning of fall). I was in southwestern Colorado shooting the Indian ruins in Hovenweep National Monument. I left the park at closing and began my one hour drive back to my motel in Blanding Utah. I love that drive because it takes you across some very remote countryside. It's definitely not a place I would want to break down though. As I was passing through some farmland I noticed the full moon begin to emerge above the storm clouds off to the east. I had completely forgotten about the harvest moon - shame on me. I pulled over and set up my camera as quickly as I could. I took the shot seen here, with the foreground cumulonimbus clouds beautifully illuminated by the last rays of sunset.

Colorado Full Moon Hovenweep Southwestern USA Storm Clouds Stormy Sky Sunset Thunderstorm harvest moon moonrise moon