December 4, 2025

Sunrise — 7:16.

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The wind chill was -1° but we were undeterred. We didn't want to miss the "Cold Supermoon." You can still see it: "The exact moment of December's full moon phase will take place at 8:13 p.m. EST (2313 UTC) on Dec. 4." That's half an hour from now, so check it out.

I loved seeing the full moon at sunrise, but I didn't like any of my still photographs of it. They looked, in a word, stupid. But scroll down 2 posts and you'll see Meade's video of the big orange disc beginning to dip behind the distant shore.

Write about whatever you want in the comments.

UPDATE: I stepped out to gaze at the sky at 6:47 CST. The moon was too far above the horizon to look extra large, but because the iPhone didn't realize I was doing a night picture and it decided to make a long exposure and I was entirely unprepared for that, so I got a cool surprise:

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Reset to normality, the iPhone gave me this:

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31 comments:

Original Mike said...

I have never bought into the "supermoon" folderol.

Beasts of England said...

Those are coots. Duck season opens in the morning. Quack, quack.

Iman said...

They think they’ve caught the Jan6 pipe bomb planter and arrested him in Virginia. The case had been put on the back burner since April 2021, when Chris Wray and Merkin Garland allegedly determined it was probably a lefty anarchist as the miscreant, which would’ve imploded the entire “Insurrection” load of horseshit if made public.

It will be interesting to see where this leads… 😬

Maynard said...

It is cold here in the Tucson area (where the esteemed Dr. Michael K lived). We were in the 30's in the early am. Brutal. It did warm up to the 60's. Nice!

I miss Michael K.

RIP dude. You were something special.

gspencer said...

"It's Cosmo's moon!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAU4pf0uhoY

Rabel said...
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Achilles said...

An interesting video on the growth of fan fiction and how modern literature is progressing.

spoiler: it isn't going in the right direction.

And websites like AO3 are basically pornhub for women. Except what women are reading would get you thrown in jail if you watched it on pornhub.

I didn't realize what "shipping" was or how Harry Potter was where Twilight came from and twilight was where 50 shades of grey came from.

Jupiter said...

Word update. Tim Walz says that people are driving by his house and using the R-word.

Leland said...

Another good photo for a jigsaw puzzle.

gspencer said...

The actor who uttered "It's Cosmo's moon" also played Don Giuseppe Zaluchi who's memorable for what he said in giving his approval for the Mafia to go into the drug business big-time.

Probably couldn't its way into a script today,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmucyqOOKZU

Iman said...

Vhy a duck, Beasts, vhy not a chicken?

gilbar said...
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gilbar said...

Maynard said...
..I miss Michael K..

I miss the Dr too.. things were better with him around.

Does Mt Lemon have snow on it yet?

Mason G said...

"Word update. Tim Walz says that people are driving by his house and using the R-word."

"Racist"? I don't think Democrats know any other R-words.

john mosby said...

Donald Fagen - Countermoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mja6U6iE4Zk&list=RDmja6U6iE4Zk&start_radio=1

CC, JSM

rehajm said...

Wife went hunting this evening. Four pigs. Three rounds. Earned respect amongst the old timers at the post game…

Narr said...

Too overcast and foggy for moonspotting here tonight.

Big Mike said...

The suspect arrested today for the J6 attempted bombing of both RNC and DNC headquarters is Brian Cole, Jr. He is black (CNN, with the accuracy for which they are famous had called him a “white man”), he is 30, and he lives in his parents’ house in an apartment over the garage. Not clear who he works for or if he is even employed at all.

Iman said...

How’s that “shipwrecked sailors clinging to wreckage" horseshit working for you Fredoingamark’fly?

Iman said...

@bennyjohnson
The January 6th pipe bomber terrorist was…

- a young black guy
- radical anti-Trump activist
- sued Trump & ICE & DHS
- extreme racial justice advocate
- works at his family bail bonds company that frees criminal aliens from ICE custody

Yeah, this explains exactly why the FBI & DOJ could not “find” this guy for 4 years. The Biden FBI had mountains of evidence against Brian Cole. Receipts, cell data, license plate, photos and videos of the crime. They knew exactly who did it!

But Brian’s profile destroys their entire ‘MAGA white supremacist insurrection bomber’ narrative in one blow.

The FBI didn’t “fail” to catch him.
Leftists protected their own.
This is the biggest FBI cover-up scandal in history. What a nightmare…

Original Mike said...

It's just one FBI scandal after another.

Big Mike said...

I don't think Democrats know any other R-words.

“Retarded.” Very not PC.

Josephbleau said...

So, which iPhone image truly represents to reality? Maybe the first one was taken by accident, excluding the filters that the human brain usually enforces

RCOCEAN II said...

So, the bombs were real. And planted by a Black BLM leftist. But the la-de-da behavior of the secret service protecting Kam harris on J6 still has to be explained. They let her get far too close to a planted bomb without any real concern.

It looks like Wray was a liar, a leftist, and total creep. Even worse than Comey - only smarter. Wow, 1st term Trump sure could pick 'em! Of course, NJ fats is still defending Wray.

RCOCEAN II said...

I hate the way Trump and call Democrats "stupid" or "Retarded". That implies they want to do whats right, they just aren't smart enough. Wrong. They're immoral. It doesn't take a genius to see illegal immigration is bad, or letting somalis commit fraud in return for votes or kick backs is crooked.

IQ has nothing to do with it. Morality = everything.

Peachy said...

The Hack(D) soviet media are reporting that this kid's grandma thinks he's a nice guy.

4 years of Crook Joe and his crocked FBI - hid the truth.

Peachy said...

Jan 6th - a fraud. Why?
It's our constitutional right to investigate a stolen election.
Joe biden was installed.

Jupiter said...

"So, the bombs were real".
Eh. It's pretty clear that the Capitol Police officers who "found" the "bombs" were well aware that they posed no danger to anyone.

Jupiter said...

"It's our constitutional right to investigate a stolen election."
Well, yeah, but. It's becoming increasingly clear, that our method of selecting our public officials is vulnerable at every point to manipulation by what FDR called "malefactors of great wealth". It's baked in. When we clutch our pearls about the subversion of "democracy", the collection of looters called the Democrat Party just say, "You gave us the votes. Now count 'em!".
It is clear, that if everyone on Earth gets to vote, on how much money the US government should give to everyone on Earth, the answer will be, "Lots and lots!".

Peachy said...

love the images of the super orange moon.

Peachy said...

Insurance policy. Don't ever forget the FBI worm who said that.

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