Harvest Moon Over Marion

A full moon rises over a farmstead along Radio Road, about .7-mile east of Highway 13 just northeast of Marion, Iowa Saturday evening, September 29, 2012. The top image was taken around 6:48 PM, the bottom, a minute later. Both images were shot with a focal length of 116mm. Technical fullness of the moon occurred at 10:19 PM, CDT Saturday. In days before farm combine vehicles with lights, harvest moons allowed farmers to reap their fields by night.