December supermoon

With all the talk of the supermoon, I trekked up Cowles to catch the moon coming up. Although a layer of smoke across the eastern horizon obscured much of the moonrise itself, the sunset was well worth it in and of itself. 

The regular crowd shuffles in.

Popping up behind Cuyamaca Peak.

Oh look, the full moon. Let's all take pictures of ourselves in the dark.

The color patterns sort of remind me of the bluffs and mesas of the Painted Desert

The big light goes out, and the little lights come on.

At the twilight's last gleaming.