One Moon Ago

As I watched the almost-full moon rise over Lake Michigan this evening, I was reminded of the view we had of the same moon one month before, rising over a different lake in a different hemisphere. The air is much colder here in Chicago tonight, but it is just as clear and the moon has the same orange glow as it rises just above the horizon.

It was actually Christmas night a month ago that we took these images along the shore of Lake Pukaki. Here is one of our campsite in the shelter of the pines near the south end of the lake.

Below is one of Jennifer's gorgeous wide-angle shots showing the light of the setting sun on Mt. Cook on the left and the moon rising on the right.

The southwest edge of Lake Michigan is covered with jumbled piles of snow-covered ice today, floating in the frigid water. Thankfully, Lake Pukaki wasn't nearly so cold when we were there and took a dip in it.