As promised, I turned my compact little Celestron 114 with Baader Planetarium Hyperion Mark III Zoom 24-8 mm lens on the half-moon over Waikiki and handheld my little Leica DM6 over the 18 mm sized lens opening, and here's what I got: 



I'm happy. It's the first time I've mooned Waikiki. Saturn was visible, too, but was unable to resolve the optical disparity between the high power 8mm telescope lens opening and my handheld camera. I'll try again tonight, though clouds appear to be moving in. 

Actually, Honolulu is a tough night view from my picture window, as there's the constant bright lights of Waikiki and Honolulu and a lot of hot moisture in the air (making the image optically shimmer). 

Like I said in yesterday's blog, I'd like to write a thriller about or on the moon. Why not? It would be one heck-of-a-trip for Susan Koski and Joseph Falk or my own protagonists from TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2011), Adelphous Tripler and Shawn Clark. Thinking of the moon as potential real estate. Big money, if people are tired of a polluted Earth.