Moon Wink

The full moon barely had a chance to show its face as it emerged from an opaque layer of clouds around 5:40 PM, Saturday, January 26, 2013. As it continued to rise it was quickly covered over by clouds seen at top. The clouds were part of an approaching weather system that promised snow and freezing rain for the area. The misty look along the ground in the background was caused by a passing vehicle along the gravel covered Radio Road, shown here about 2.2 miles east of Highway 13 near Marion, Iowa. Air temperature was 27 degrees F, with winds out of the SE at 10 mph. This image is a 1/6-second exposure at f/4.5, 1600 ISO and 100mm focal length.