November Full moon

Took a hike up Cowles Mountain with my 80-200mm to try to get some shots of the full (well, 98% full) moon rising over East County. Up on top, I decided to kill some time beforehand taking some twilight cityscape shots out toward downtown. Definitely not something I'd want to attempt again without a tripod, but it was a fun experience seeing just how much I could push the ISO on the 5D MkIII and still get usable image quality while shooting handheld. 

"Whoa, a snake – no wait, it's just a twig – oh shoot, it really is a snake."

Looking west toward Coronado

SDSU in the foreground; I think the slanted strip of lights going out toward downtown is El Cajon Blvd.

I love the way the craters up around 1:00 really bring out its three-dimensionality.