My experiment, though the conditions were not perfect, seemed to prove that the moon was not noticeably different from Saturday to Sunday. You will have to pardon the branches and stuff in front of the moon, but in order to get it at 8:00pm, I just had to hope that the branches wouldn't affect the results. I can't see how they would. I was at a shelter on the Appalachian Trail at 8:00, and had no intentions of hiking a mile one way or the other to locate a clearing. Here's what I have...
Clear Sky, Unclear Skyline
The outline of the moon is pretty clear. If only I wasn't surrounded by trees, the shot would have been perfect. Note: this is the only time you will ever hear my complain about being surrounded by trees.
Combined
Here is Saturday's moon superimposed over Friday's. The outlines match up perfectly. I definitely don't see a difference in size. Perhaps there was a difference in luminosity, but the tree branches may have screwed that part of my experiment up.
The earlier part of my day was spent hiking a small trail with my wife that brought us to some vernal ponds and then we hopped on the Appalachian Trail and did about 6 miles before we found a good place to camp.
Vernal Pond
It's fairly crazy to be hiking through the woods and suddenly come upon a pond right in the middle of the path. These ponds are only a few inches deep but have some strange animals and plants living in them. Need proof? Look up Fairy Shrimp.
Eggs, Lots of Them
The only animal life we saw were eggs. They were everywhere. These Vernal Ponds will be filled with frogs soon.
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