Live 'Super Moon' 2011 Thread (got pics? & some pics&stuff from around the world)

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[NormsRevenge]

The moon rises over east London March 19, 2011. Saturday will see the rise of a full moon called a "Super Moon" when it arrives at its closest point to the Earth in 2011, a distance of 221,565 miles or 356,575 kilometers away. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

[NormsRevenge]

[al baby]

Looks like a mushroom cloud over japan

[NormsRevenge]

The moon rises over the Bronx section of New York City March 19, 2011.
Saturday will see the rise of a full moon called a "Super Moon" when it arrives at
its closest point to the Earth in 2011, a distance of 221,565 miles or 356,575 km away.
REUTERS/Mike Segar

[patriot08]

Dang. Cloudy here.

[NormsRevenge]

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The moon is seen behind the top of the radio and television tower 'Funkturm' in Berlin March 19, 2011. Saturday will see the rise of a full moon called a "Super Moon" when it arrives at its closest point to the Earth in 2011, a distance of 221,565 miles or 356,575 km away. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

[Ronald_Magnus]

OK, so a Supermoon is NOT when Michael Moore drops trou, right?

[proudofthesouth]

Wow! Nothing like that here in Huntsville, Alabama. The moon was slightly larger than normal when it rose earlier this evening but now it looks the same as always.

[Free Vulcan]

Rain moving in, no supamoon tonite.

[hinckley buzzard]

Remember too, the moon almost always looks larger as it rises from the horizon than it does when it reaches the middle of the sky.

Back in the sixties, serious articles and an entire book were written by conscientious and fastidious experimental Psychologists on "The Moon Illusion," offering empirical research and explanations for this phenomenon. But that was back when psychologists were actual scientists. Only relics like me remember such strenuous efforts.

[Ciexyz]

Cloudy here.

[Ditter]

We live in very tall trees so we just took a short drive to where we could see the moon. Saw it for a split second and the clouds move in and it was gone. It was big and beautiful for that split second.

[Montanabound]

Same here in Oklahoma - it appears to be a little bigger than a normal full moon.

[Montanabound]

Same here in Oklahoma - it appears to be a little bigger than a normal full moon.

[txroadkill]

Arlington,TX

[FreeReign]

So if the earth's closest distance to the moon is 221,565 miles, then what is the earth's furthest distance to the moon?

Um, Prolly just a simple calculation, I'm sure.

[montag813]

[montag813]

Below: Historic "Super Moon" at perigee. Sighting from Washington, D.C. (© 2011 NASA)

[reefdiver]

that fat @$$ is telling people what to eat?

[smokingfrog]

Houston, TX

[Daffynition]

Fixed.