Photos: That spectacular moonrise, seen from West Seattle

Thanks to those who answered the call for photos of the full-moon-rise that brought photographers to West Seattle viewpoints in droves last night, looking for a shot like … that one there! Thanks, Greg! (He’s also wondering if anyone can identify the specific peak in front of the moon in his image.) Also just in, Derek’s view from a little while later:

ADDED 11:11 AM: Two shots from Alki photographer extraordinaire David Hutchinson. For the technically minded, he includes this note:

The full moon photo is actually a combination of two taken on a tripod. The first was at a shutter speed of 1 second to expose for the downtown skyline and the second taken immediately afterwards at 1/60 of a second to expose for the full moon. At 1 second the moon shows as a white featureless disk and at 1/60th second the downtown lights are hardly visible. Our eyes do a great job of compensating for this difference in brightness.

David photographed from the Seacrest area, and went back for this morning’s sunrise:

ADDED 3:24 PM: Thanks to Sean for this closeup of just the full moon:

Thanks again! If any more come in, we’ll add them to this item.

jay December 3, 2009 (10:26 am)

Wow! I can’t believe I missed that last night! Thanks for posting!

thankyouwestseattle December 3, 2009 (11:23 am)

While waiting in the line outside the West Seattle Food Bank this morning around 8:35-8:40, a full hour after sunrise, the moon was still fairly clearly visible, to the west, over the U-Haul building!

Lori December 3, 2009 (11:27 am)

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you to all the photographers (& WSB!) for sharing.

Aim December 3, 2009 (12:21 pm)

Thanks all – those pics are great!

The sunrise this morning was particularly gorgeous. I watched it from my office window – all pink and orange behind Rainier and reflecting off the north face of the mountain. Simply breathtaking.

These cold, clear days are perfect for sun and moon watching.

LS December 3, 2009 (2:13 pm)

I’ve looked all over Seattle for pictures like this to purchase as a gift. Will prints of these be available for sale anywhere?

They’re beautiful!!!

Jasperblu December 3, 2009 (3:10 pm)

Beautiful!! I soooooo enjoyed watching the moon rise last night, but wasn’t able to get back home for my camera in time. Glad SOMEONE captured it.

Mike Lindblom December 3, 2009 (4:18 pm)

The morning moonset Wednesday over Kitsap Peninsula was spectacular, did anyone shoot that?

WSB December 3, 2009 (4:21 pm)

Caught a glimpse of that — brilliant red-orange, if I recall, but our view was mostly blocked. I agree, would love to see a pic of that too – TR

Olympia December 3, 2009 (4:24 pm)

I’m pretty sure the double peaks in the top-most photo (gorgeous, by the way) are called “The Brothers.”

WSB December 3, 2009 (4:28 pm)

“The Brothers” that we know of are in the Olympics – do the Cascades have “The Brothers” too? Thanks! – TR (there’s a great photo map of the Olympics which we’ve had up for years, gotta find one of the Cascades – as visible from Seattle – someday too)