[piasa]

I’m in Florida and the moon is so spectacular tonight it actually startled me as it cleared the pine trees and lit up the area like a cop’s chopper spotlight on a Dunkin’ Donuts robbery perp.

[RegulatorCountry]

We had storms pass through during the late afternoon here in North Carolina, with some clouds lingering and thunderheads on the eastern horizon, so we really didn't get to see it rise, just glimpses between clouds after it was up. Very bright, larger in appearance than usual.

The impressive thing, though, was all the lightning bugs, it was like Christmas tree twinkle lights out across the fields and in the trees. Very unusual to see them at all in early May, let alone in such large numbers.

The brightness of the moon seemed to enthuse them, lol. When it shone visibly, they put on a show, When a passing cloud obscured it, they calmed down.

[berdie]

What a beautiful thing that must have been. I love your description.

From what I hear, the display was better in south Tx.