Each month I try to watch the full moon as it rises over Lake Superior. October is the month that the moon usually comes up in the sea arch at Tettegouche State Park. Steve Van Kekerix and I hiked down to the beach on Wednesday. The moon came up right in the middle of the arch. The problem was the sun was too high so the moon was very pale and didn’t show up in the photograph. It was still fun to see. We waited for it to get darker and took some photos in another location.

There were about a dozen or more photographers taking in this magical event. Watching the moon rise behind the lighthouse has become a very popular North Shore activity.

On Thursday and Friday we watched the moon rise at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. October of this year is the time when the moon is at perigee, the point in its orbit when it is nearest to earth - only 222,000 miles. It made for an exceptionally bright moon.