By the Light of the Setting Sun and Rising Moon

A Waxing Autumn Gibbous Moon rises above Eunice Lake just as the sun is setting at Mount Rainier National Park. This was taken one day before the October Hunter's Full Moon. From my perspective this is better than the Full Moon which rises well after the sun has set. This moon is at 97% and the convergence of sun and moon in the warm autumn atmosphere is spellbinding and simply amazing.
Full disclosure: This image was taken with a very wide 12mm lens to capture both the red huckleberries and a large portion of the sky which also renders the moon very small. To get the moon to the size as our eyes see it I took a second image at 105mm and blended the two images together in photoshop. Both images were taken at about the same time and the moon is in the same location.

MoonriseSunsetAutumnFall ColorReflectionEunice LakeMount Rainier National Park

From Mt. Rainier