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Moon Lightning
Credit & Copyright: Marc-Andr Besel
Explanation: Moonsets are not often quite as exciting as this one. But amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel was impressed by the brilliant lighting displays that joined the first quarter Moon and stars of the constellation Scorpius in western skies. On August 22, 2004, his view looked across the Gulf of Mexico from Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, a region that would experience even more stormy weather in the coming days. The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by chance capturing the details of a brief flash of lightning along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations. In fact, the exposure is long enough to show the background stars as short streaks or trails. The bright yellowish star trail, just above and right of the lightning flash, is red giant star Antares.
I found this image while surfing Fark and can be found here.
The 3008×2000 px version can be found at the original site, and at this thread at Ebaum’s World Forum. The other version I have here is 1024×681.
Other pictures by the same photographer.
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Now, this I ask of you, current readers. Wether you are a casual or frequent visitor, place your thoughts about this image and tell me what do you think about such a fantastic, dreamy moment?
thank u for bring such a beautiful scene, and i can only be shocked by it. r u using linux? i just found a 3D desktop named Metisse, it’s here
hmz, normally I always think about sex, but now… yeah, sex, too
no no
I feal weak when I see this dude
peace
yea, it's a bit weird, looks like all stars are moving except for the moon.
yea, it’s a bit weird, looks like all stars are moving except for the moon.
wow man, that could’ve been an excellent response for the haiku callenge post I’m hosting. LOL!
do you, by any chance, know what kind of camera was used for taking those pictures?