“Around us, the city twinkled, the stars themselves seeming to hang lower, pulsing with ruby and amethyst and pearl. Above, the full moon set the marble of the buildings and bridges glowing as if they were all lit from within. Music played, strings and gentle drums, and on either side of the Sidra, golden lights bobbed over riverside walkways dotted with cafes and shops, all open for the night, already packed.
Life- so full of life. I could nearly taste it crackling on my tongue.”
~ Sarah J. Maas
Just a couple tidbits about February's full moon, the Snow Moon:
❄ it’s known as the Snow Moon due to the typically heavy snowfall that occurs in February. On average, February is the United States’ snowiest month. I took this photo on the 22nd, last night it snowed.
❄ February’s full moon is a “Micromoon” this year. Think of this term as the opposite of a “Supermoon,” means that the full moon is at its farthest point from Earth.
While strolling around the neighborhood and looking up at the sky, I thought about the fact that everyone sees the same moon, but just from different perspectives. This moon shines over the desert, over beaches and mountain ranges, over cities and countrysides, through every time zone, and it's beautiful from wherever you view it.
And today, a U.S. spacecraft landed on the moon, the first since the Apollo missions in the 1970s.
It was shining over the desert the last two nights. I watched it for a while on both nights.
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