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Earthshine in High Resolution https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51809248156_584629c6b0.jpg Earthshine in High Resolution by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows the Earthshine illuminated Moon in high detail, with all features of the night side of the Moon clearly visible. Full size image: http...

The Horns of Venus https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51807170843_f3d4117dfd.jpg The Horns of Venus by Tom Glenn , on Flickr The "horns" of Venus are evident here as it approaches inferior conjunction with the Sun. This image was captured on January 6, 2022 at 23:44UT, from San Diego, CA...

A Lunar Day on Clavius https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51790512302_52da5133cd.jpg A Lunar Day on Clavius by Tom Glenn , on Flickr A lunar day on Clavius crater. This sequence is composed of 12 individual images that I captured from my backyard in San Diego, CA over the past 4 years. While Clavi...

Sunset on Copernicus https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51751420327_892c92939a.jpg Copernicus along the sunset terminator by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image was taken as sunset was falling on Copernicus crater on the waning crescent Moon. The image was taken November 28, 2021, at 05:55 local time...

Southwest lunar limb https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51737774225_01acf28141.jpg Southwest lunar limb by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows the southwest lunar limb captured under an extremely favorable libration. The South Pole is near the top of the image and the infrequently observed crat...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51720938741_848036397e.jpg Mare Orientale, a rare view from Earth during extreme libration by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows the Mare Orientale region during a particularly rare combination of extreme librations in both latitude and longitude, and therefo...

Ganymede eclipses and occults Europa https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51390063838_95840112ed.jpg Ganymede eclipses and occults Europa by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows a mutual event involving several of Jupiter's moons. In this event, Ganymede totally eclipses Europa and then follows wi...

Full "Buck" Moon of July, with Clouds https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51333669158_cd2b7e8f04.jpg Full Buck Moon with Clouds by Tom Glenn , on Flickr The Full "Buck" Moon of July appears in this single exposure photograph, shining through cloud cover in San Diego, CA, as obse...

ISS threads the needle between double stars Mizar and Alcor in the Big Dipper of Ursa Major https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51315167509_5e0d6da9cc.jpg ISS threads the needle between Mizar and Alcor by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows the ISS passing in between the well-known double stars ...

Moon, Venus, and Mars https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51306322778_a8cd7e82dd.jpg Young crescent Moon with Venus and Mars by Tom Glenn , on Flickr The young crescent Moon (4.4% illuminated) sets along side Venus and Mars. Although typically thought of as "nearest neighbors", neither Ve...

ISS solar transit with new iROSA panels visible [/b] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51281633612_c67af93649.jpg ISS solar transit, with new iROSA panels by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image is an individual single frame exposure of 0.4ms (not a composite). The image was captured at 10:22:15 PDT ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51271815190_585e8e05d8.jpg The Full Moon rising through clouds by Tom Glenn , on Flickr Clouds are always bad for astronomy, but often good for photography. The Full Moon (99.5% illumination) fights through the clouds and produces some interesting colors. Image c...

Aircraft transits the Moon with Venus in conjunction https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51243154038_5e30d7e3a2.jpg Aircraft transits the Moon with Venus in conjunction by Tom Glenn , on Flickr An aircraft transits the young crescent Moon in this image, captured on June 11, 2021, at 21:04 PDT, from...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50925269677_ba1124e315.jpg Over the limb--Mare Australe and southeastern libration zone by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image shows a view of the southeastern limb of the Moon, taken during a favorable libration. Mare Australe is at the top of the image, and the &q...

Looking under the Moon (from Earth)--South Pole stereographic projection https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50825922532_d1feb084b5.jpg Lunar South Pole, stereographic projection (Earth based images) by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This is a stereographic polar projection of the lunar South Pole, generate...

Great conjunction with Ganymede in transit https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50746002263_fc6fe3a8f0.jpg Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction w/ Ganymede in transit by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image was captured on December 21, 2020 at 17:18 local time, in San Diego, CA (December 22, 2020, 01:18...

ISS with Crew Dragon Resilience transits Jupiter https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50636936321_7d173333f0.jpg ISS with Crew Dragon Resilience transits Jupiter by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This composite image shows 39 consecutive frames that were captured during a transit of the International Space S...

Wow...no smoke :!: Actually, there was quite a bit of smoke in the region, although far less than on the previous several days. However, sky transparency was quite poor, with only the crescent Moon, Venus, Mars and the brightest of stars visible. The haze probably cost me at least 2 stops of exposu...

ISS transit of Mars https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50348180127_9d3fe0b73c.jpg ISS transit of Mars, September 14, 2020 by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image was linked in my previous submission , but wasn't officially submitted itself. Based upon some feedback I've received, many seem to prefer t...

ISS transits Mars, September 14, 2020 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50347996866_293c134891.jpg ISS reaches out and touches Mars, transit September 14, 2020 by Tom Glenn , on Flickr The International Space Station (ISS) transits Mars in this image. This is a single frame exposure of 0.35ms, ex...

To the Far Side of the Moon--rare views from Earth https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50281082881_62088725da.jpg To the Far Side of the Moon--rare views from Earth by Tom Glenn , on Flickr Full resolution: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50281082881_bf88db7582_o.jpg This image was taken at max...

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:55 am Wow, that's a lovely image! It looks amazing.

Ann

Thanks, Ann, I appreciate the nice comments!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50227374708_b39887aca4.jpg Young Crescent Moon Setting by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image was taken from Mt. Laguna, CA, on July 21, 2020, at 20:42 PDT. This is a single exposure, taken with a Nikon D5600 and 70-200mm lens @ 200mm, f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/2s. The Moon...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50217810116_e7afef5657.jpg Comet NEOWISE by Tom Glenn , on Flickr This image of Comet NEOWISE was taken on July 21, 2020, from Mt. Laguna, CA. It was captured with a Nikon D5600 and 70-200mm lens, @200mm, f/2.8, ISO 200, 17x30s sub exposures. Processing was perfo...

High Resolution Moon This image records detailed lunar features over the entire visible surface of the Moon as it approaches Last Quarter. The full-sized image is 7000x10,000 pixels, with an image scale of 409m/px as measured near the apparent center of the lunar disk (sub-observer point). This is ...