SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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Pieces
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SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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Just took some screens during my SMO - SAN fight. Just so happened that the moon was rising. Looked pretty cool until the the moon became crazy bright.
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Super Moon!
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Re: SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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And one more after the moon returned to normal:
San Diego area
San Diego area
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Re: SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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That's because approach turned down the luminescence for you! ;)
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Re: SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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Or maybe because the sun just went nova and the moon is reflecting the light of the explosion. By my calculations the wavefront should be reaching the Earth just about n
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Re: SMO - SAN, Weird Moonlight

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:lol:
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