A NEW VIEW

BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER, I HAVE ACCESS TO SOME UNIQUE POINTS OF VIEW IN THE COMMUNITY.

Assignment:

Early morning photo shoot

The Location:

Boone County A s a young kid, I was always fascinated with the stars and solar system. I knew the names and locations of most of the constellations in the night sky and could point them out to you. At night, I would sneak out of my house to lay in the backyard and search for shooting stars or simply watch those constellations as they moved above me.

I loved the way the moon would seem to change shape as it traveled across the sky. It always seemed so big on the horizon and yet so small when directly above me.

It was my grandfather who taught me the difference between a harvest moon, hatchet moon and blood moon. The blood moon was the most intriguing and I couldn’t wait to see it happen in person. Several years later, when I stayed up late to see my first lunar eclipse, I was not let down.

Since those days, I have witnessed several lunar and solar eclipses, and each one was special.

In November, a lunar eclipse was visible in mid-Missouri near dawn. The deep blue of the sky and the hazy cloud cover combined to create a unique, mystical glow around this celestial event.

I can’t wait until the next one.

L.G. Patterson