Moonlight

Moon, Fiji, 2016

Are these photos of moonlight, or photos of the moon? I suspect the latter, but I’ve included them in Becky’s “—light” challenge anyway! Does the moon look odd to you Northern Hemisphere dwellers? The photos were taken in Kakadu National Park, Australia (feature photo), Fiji and Sydney, so the moon’s orientation may not be what you’re used to.

This will be my last post for the January Light challenge, and once again huge thanks are due to our indefatigable host Becky. I don’t know how she manages these month-long challenges so many times a year.

Moon, Sydney, 2013

And a gallery of my square light photos, including a couple for which I couldn’t think of Xlight names so didn’t post:

A member of a fire-dancing troupe, Vanuatu.

A lantern in the Outback. Early evening at Manguri, on The Ghan.

200 fairy lights wrapped around the wildly overgrown Duranta on my balcony.

Full moon seen through trees, Bondi Beach, Sydney

Fremantle, Western Australia

Sunlight casts shadows of one sail onto another, ‘Tenacious’, Atlantic Ocean

Stage setting for ‘Witness for the Prosecution’, presented at Old County Hall, London

Searchlights in Sydney during the Vivid light festival

Headlights on a vintage Bugatti

Gas light, New Orleans

Hanging lights made from beer glasses, Cafe Cambrinus, Bruges

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Skylight

Look waaay up …

This is a shaft in one of the old opal mines in Coober Pedy, South Australia. I don’t know what it’s original purpose was — access, light, air? — but it makes an unusual skylight! I think the piece of corrugated metal (purpose also unknown!) looks like a giant set of eyelashes. 😉

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Tealights

Tealights in lanterns — and bonus mojito!

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Pancake-lights

I don’t know what these lights are really called, but they’re flat like a pancake! Seen on ‘Radiance of the Seas’ cruise ship.

Another invented compound noun. 😉

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Gaslight

Gaslight, New Orleans

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Trothplight

A modest and understated engagement ring.

The woman pouring this champagne has clearly gone through a trothplight ritual (plighted her troth??). I took this photo during a ritual of a different sort — a champagne tasting on Queen Mary 2.

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Rainlight

Those streaks in the photo are rain. At last! (This view is from my balcony, looking at what I call ‘the jungle’.)

Okay, I freely admit that ‘rainlight’ is not a word. But it’s raining, and I’m too happy about that to worry too much about madeup words!! And you know, there is a special quality to the light when it rains. 🙂

Here in parched Sydney, we are finally getting some rain. Since last Thursday we’ve had some good falls of rain, which have not only made a visible difference to grass and trees and gardens in the city (not to mention cleaning the ash buildup from surfaces), but have eased conditions in some nearby bushfires. I don’t know if any rain fell in the dam that supplies Sydney’s water (the last figure I saw was 43% capacity — eek!), but let’s hope so.

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Searchlights

Searchlights stabbing into Sydney’s night sky during the Vivid light festival

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

In the spotlight

Stage setting for ‘Witness for the Prosecution’, presented at the old County Hall, London

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.

Sunlight through the sails

Sunlight casts shadows of one sail onto another, ‘Tenacious’, Atlantic Ocean

Posted as part of January Squares, the theme for which is words ending in light.