Icarus @ 59 # 242

It was only a perigee moon but I just had to see it. Brighter than the artificial lights down on the promenade, holding its own against the interference of city overspill that lights up the Brighton sky. In my old Brighton house I had a great view over the sea and the perigee moon I saw there was the best I have ever seen. It was so bright it woke me up and when I looked out I could almost touch it. Its only the moon but a constant fascination. And that fascination exists all over the world, a friend sent me a picture from Australia, just to remind us that we all have the same moon and I remember as a boy, when a man named Armstrong walked upon it - so does Nancy Griffiths: