Perigee Full Moon rose on March 19th and the world went crazy. Cloudy skies doused my plans to gaze at the spectacle but internet came to rescue and I experienced the whole thing vicariously.
Pictures and videos looks spectacular albeit some suspicious photoshoping. As it turns out neither event, full moon or perigee, is rare but together they form a SUPERmoon and a rare sight.
The giant red-turning-to-white-by-the-minute ball does look like a giant rising over cities, jungles, houses and churches (for some reason that’s the motif for moon pictures). It appears to be melting in ocean, dwarfing trees, swallowing clouds...and yet it is a calm slow rise.
As it turned out, the only affect the whole thing had was it made for a beautiful view. no mishaps, no tides inundation, no werewolves.
My favorite part in all this - The perigee illusion is not explainable by science or psychology yet. So, it is fascinating to see a phenomenon with an awe and mystique. Humans have untangled so many mysteries....from orbit shapes to calculation of moon distance. So, to be able to see an event and see it with a wonder, without explanation of why....is a feeling we don’t experience often. And, as uneasy as it might make some people, it is such a vivid reminder of how much bigger, mysterious, beautiful and balanced nature is.
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