Winter moonrise
Highway 504 near Mount St. Helens, Washington
The best time to photograph the full moon is the day before the actual full moon. On that evening a nearly full moon will rise while the setting sun is still shining on landscape. All of the colors you see here are natural: the sun is casting a reddish-pink glow on the snow, and the moon is in the transition band of the earth's shadow. Photo © copyright by Stephen Penland.