Super Moon and Radiation Has Reached California!

Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday, leading some observers to dub it a "supermoon."

On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011: a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. And only 50 minutes earlier, the moon will officially be full.

I went out about 5 this morning to check it out and got this shot. I hope to remember to check it this evening as it rises, too.

Radiation has been detected in California now and they say it will pass clear across the country. They claim the levels are safe, but I wonder if they are being truthful?

We went for a short walk this morning. The wind was already blowing so I bundled up in my "Cody Lundin" hat and gloves and was nice and toasty. The wind wasn't bad going, it was at our back, but coming home, which is uphill, it was in our faces and made the walking harder. We saw some fresh deer prints, wish we'd been earlier and seen the deer!