There are many clear nights on Bernal Hill, but nights that are both clear and warm are a rare treat. We hit the meteorological jackpot last night, so after eating dinner with a friend on my patio (another rare treat), I headed up to Bernal Hill to take a few snapshots.
No clouds. No wind. No chill. No noise. Just a sparkling city below, Sutro Tower blinking lazily from Twin Peaks, and an orange half-moon rising over Oakland.
Here’s another one from the same vantage point, with a passing car tracing the route along Bernal Heights Boulevard:
Let’s enjoy this while it lasts, people.
PHOTOS: Telstar Logistics
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GORGEOUS! Of course I had to reblog that top one to sutrofanclub.com 🙂
Ah! You did it! FINALLY! Sutro Tower Fan Club! Yay!
Incredible photos! Looks like we’re in for a couple more days of this terrific weather, too.
Stunning photos! Can’t wait to see for myself finally this weekend! 🙂
So THIS is what summer is like!
Exactly. It always comes, and right on time… but that doesn’t stop folks from complaining during July.
Amazing photography. just delicious.
I got most of that moonrise in a time-lapse iPhone video: http://youtu.be/p4O2XklqWVs
I haven’t yet figured out how to aim accurately at where the moon is going to rise, so there’s a jump when I notice it’s rising out of frame.
Nice!!
What app did you use? iMotion HD has treated me well.
pUniverse will give you an idea of where the moon will pop up.
Thanks! I actually used pUniverse, but it (or I) wasn’t quite accurate enough. It seems like the developer changes his compass/accelerometer/gyro algorithms every release, and not always for the better. The app was TimeLapse by Yuval Frandzel (xyster.net), and the iPhone telephoto lens from photojojo. (Pretty sure I bought that lens after seeing you mention it somewhere.) I’ll check out iMotion HD.
Oh, and if you like that one, I got this lovely moon/cloudscape earlier in the month, same place, same setup: http://youtu.be/GoTQZRTPzEo
I failed to catch the actual moonrise that afternoon, too, but that was mostly because the haze made it invisible until it had been up for 10 minutes.
just so lovely, need to take a walk up the hill this weekend
nice fotos