Ah, so August 9th was the full moon. No wonder I was feeling so luna. It was still very beautiful last night, hanging huge and low in the sky near our fire on the meadows. Apparently the way the moon looks so much bigger when it's nearer the horizon is an optical illusion, a trick of the eye, as it's really always the same size, the same distance from the earth. You realise when you try and photograph it.