Re: Rocky Mountain Moonlight Madness - Late August, 2015 ... 
| July 19, 2014 12:35PM |
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I see on the new 2015 calendar from The Friends
> that there will be a full moon on Saturday, August
> 29 ... If there's the usual Moonlight dinner train ...
Rich Murray Wrote:
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> A moonlight train could be a bit of a disappointment
> as the moon will be full at 12:35PM, however compen-
> sation can be made by viewing the night-time scenery
> through the bottom of an adult beverage glass.
IMHO, Rich -
The moon will still be so full when it rises just after sunset on the 29th that I doubt anyone but a hard-core astronomer would notice the difference. Since it will be nearly as full on Thursday, August 27, and will rise above the horizon about two hours before sunset - or hopefully over the hills near m.p. 317.5 when our Phraud-O-Phreight ® arrives about one hour before sunset - I'm thinking that Thursday will be a better evening for us Photographers and Saturday will be a better evening for us Party Animals ...
I hope you can join us for both!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> I see on the new 2015 calendar from The Friends
> that there will be a full moon on Saturday, August
> 29 ... If there's the usual Moonlight dinner train ...
Rich Murray Wrote:
========================================
> A moonlight train could be a bit of a disappointment
> as the moon will be full at 12:35PM, however compen-
> sation can be made by viewing the night-time scenery
> through the bottom of an adult beverage glass.
IMHO, Rich -
The moon will still be so full when it rises just after sunset on the 29th that I doubt anyone but a hard-core astronomer would notice the difference. Since it will be nearly as full on Thursday, August 27, and will rise above the horizon about two hours before sunset - or hopefully over the hills near m.p. 317.5 when our Phraud-O-Phreight ® arrives about one hour before sunset - I'm thinking that Thursday will be a better evening for us Photographers and Saturday will be a better evening for us Party Animals ...
I hope you can join us for both!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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