One year I decided to shoot the fall equinox moon rising,and after researching possible places to photograph it I decided that the Tualatin at Shamberg Bridge was a good bet. Using data from a program like Moonrise, I calculated that the moon would be centered over the river and above the trees a short time after it rose. The rest, as they say, is history.
The Tualatin River begins in the Coast Range west of Portland, Oregon and meanders through a partly rural, increasingly urban valley until it joins the Willamette River near West Linn, a few miles upstream from Portland.
This picture was taken from the Shamberg Bridge on Roy Rogers Road, just north of Sherwood, Oregon in the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge. Since the time when I took this photo, this road has been straightened and converted to a high use, high speed arterial. In the interest of safety, I recommend not using it for a photo platform today.
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Photographs of the West by Doug Gorsline
The Fall Equinox Full Moon Rises over the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.
