Moon Between the Stones
Despite clouds and rain showers astronomer Phillip Perkins managed to spot a reddened, eclipsed Moon between the stones of this well known monument to the Sun during May’s total lunar eclipse, from Stonehenge, England.
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Moon & Pleiades
by Laurent Laveder
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ch22hx8o1qbn5m1o1_1280.jpg)
Moon & Pleiades
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]
Brilliant Sun Pillar
by Kevin Povenz
Summary: Andrew McFarlane; Jim Foster
The photo above showing a breathtaking Sun pillar was captured at sunset near Jenison, Michigan on April 10, 2012. Sun pillars result from the reflection of sunlight off the bottom surfaces (or less frequently, the top surfaces) of plate-shaped ice crystals composing cirrus clouds.
These crystals must be similarly oriented and slightly tipped with respect to the viewer in order for a pillar to be observed. The crimson shaft piercing the purple sky made this sunset unforgettable.
Sidemen, Bali
© EdBob
Waning Crescent Moon from Pic of the Sacred Heart, Paris
The River Nith, Dumfries, Scotland, GB
© ~Brian Kerr Photography-
The Cat & Venus
With “Alnath” above Venus, a Giant Star and the Second Brightest Star in the Constellation Taurus.
Sunset at Lower Lewis River Falls, WA
Photograph by Scottyboipdx Weber, My Shot
The sun sets over Lower Lewis River Falls in Washington State’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The falls mark a wild and scenic stretch of the river, but other sections of the Lewis, which drains the state’s mighty Cascade Range, boast large dam and reservoir systems.
Hydroelectric plants produce power, but they’ve changed the river’s natural character—to the special detriment of migratory fish like salmon. Utilities have agreed to begin trucking fish around the dams along the Lewis River, moving them from below these looming barriers to prime habitat upstream, above the dams.
