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© Monika Landy-GyebnarHarvest Moon
Tonight's full Moon has a special name--the Harvest Moon. It's the full moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox (Sept. 22). In years past, farmers depended on the light of the Harvest Moon to gather ripening crops late into the night. Now, electric bulbs do that job, albeit not quite as beautifully as the original lunar lamp.

"I was walking to work early this morning when I noticed the warm yellow Harvest Moon beaming through the boxy streetlights," says photographer Monika Landy-Gyebnar of Veszprém, Hungary. "The old, scarry face of Moon looked at the modern lamps of a modern world just as an aging, wise teacher looks around in a classroom full of bustling young boys. It was a moment pulled out of Time and recorded forever in this photo and my memory."

Readers, when the sun goes down tonight, look east for a Harvest Moon experience of your own.