February 28, 2009

Moon dance

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This is just a quick shot of the moon and Venus in the sky above Missoula shortly after sundown on Friday. While there are special techniques for taking pictures of the night sky, none were used here other than a tripod and the camera's timer.

I saw a story about the "convergence" earlier in the day, but forgot about it until I was walking home from work for dinner - there it was, big and bright.

Read more about it here.