Thursday, February 5, 2015

Hunger Moon & Jupiter

Hunger Moon and Jupiter
digital photo, 2015

According to the Farmer's Almanac online, The Full Snow Moon of February was sometimes referred to as the Hunger Moon or Bone Moon by Native Americans, due to the heavy snows particular this portion the season that made hunting difficult, and survival may depend on utilizing even bone and marrow for soup. The opposite of last year, this winter has been relatively mild in comparison, for which I'm grateful. No bone soup, but the hair on the back of my neck has grown coarse   :D   Jupiter can be seen plainly in the distance, which would appear 40 times larger in diameter if placed in the Moon's orbit around Earth.

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