“It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun.” Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 90 – c. 20 BCE), better known simply as Vitruvius, was a Roman military engineer. Pic atop Rocky Butte in Portland, Oregon. I toned down the brightness to show more detail.
teasing through the streaming clouds over Portland, Oregon. Hopefully some clearing next few days for a better,c closer view.
Moonstruck: mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed. … batty, bizarre, brainsick, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, demented, deranged, disordered, distraught, dotty, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony, lunatic……
I’m always a bit moonstruck when I can fully see the moon! An opening last night.
The October full moon was obscured by clouds over Portland, Oregon.
“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.” ― Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: “From Doubt to Astonishment”
“The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.” Carl Sandburg
rose big in the East tonight.
