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[quote="ta152h0"]This scene, and it it is a work of art, looks so similar to the scene at Grand Coulee dam as seen from Owl Creek park. And looks like it is in the same direction looking southerly.direction[/quote]
This is a panoramic image stretching from Cancer in the southwest on the left through Cygnus in the northeast on the right. And a stunningly beautiful image image it is! Ó minn guðir!

This scene, and it it is a work of art, looks so similar to the scene at Grand Coulee dam as seen from Owl Creek park. And looks like it is in the same direction looking southerly.direction

:puts Godafoss on the list for upcoming trip to Iceland:

[quote="Boomer12k"]Be nice to have an annotated overlay of what is what...[/quote]
[quote="APOD Robot"][url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1305/godafoss1200vetterAnnotated.jpg]included in the panoramic nightscape[/url][/quote]

Beautiful! Wonderful composition! Orion Nebula and Bernard's Loop are quite noticeable.

Congratulations on a 1st Place win!!!

Be nice to have an annotated overlay of what is what...

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