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This photo captures the moon rising—just two days before full—in August 2024. I had originally launched the drone to photograph the sunset, as storm clouds began to clear and open a narrow break along the horizon. Conditions looked promising, and the sunset turned out well, though not exceptional.
Then I noticed the moon would be rising shortly after. Being so close to full, it would come up not long after sunset—so I launched the drone again about an hour later, this time with anti-collision lights visible for miles.
What unfolded was something better than expected.
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