This was a morning of high drama, literally: The drama was high in the sky.  Rain and mist thwarted expectations of a clear, brilliant full moon last evening.  But there were compensations early this morning, starting with the moonset.  Reddened by air full of moisture, the moon was the opening act.  But as it sank, rendered less sharp by the heavy atmosphere, the next acts were equally dramatic.  First, the rest of the sky was strikingly colored as the rising sun--still below the horizon--lit up those clouds that lingered after last evening's rainstorm. Some of these photos, including those of the moon, were taken with a long lens (560mm with extender) and others were taken with a wide lens (16mm).  The last act (depicted in a six-exposure panorama) was the subtle illumination of the entire landscape that not long before had lain dark beneath the setting moon.  From start to finish, the drama lasted about 50 minutes.