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Full Snow Moon rising http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/full-snow-moon.jpg Please find attached an image showing the Full Snow Moon rising alongside the Basilica of Superga, located on a hill in the surroundings of Turin (Italy) Best rega...

Moon and Venus over the Princess bridge http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img_0924.jpg The image above, taken on January 25, 2012, shows the lovely pair of the crescent Moon and the blazing Venus shining over the Princess Isabella Bridge ...

Moon House http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/house-moon1.jpg Please find above a photo I took on 8 January 2012: The first Full Moon of 2012 looked pretty big as rising above a hilltop house in Serralunga d’Alba (some 60 km from Turin, It...

Thank you all for your nice comments! and...HAPPY NEW YEAR

Stefano

This picture was posted just a day or two ago in the Recent Submissions thread in the Latest Sky Photography forum here, and I have been meaning to write a comment about it to point out how lovely it is. First, note the exquisite composition of the image. Venus is at upper left, and the Moon is &qu...

Moon, Venus and the Cedar of Lebanon http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/moon-venus-and-the-cedar-of-lebanon-dec-27-2011.jpg I also attach an image taken on December 27, 2011 when the Moon and Venus continued the show in the twilight sky. I...

Moon and Venus over the Viverone Lake http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find below two images I took on December 26, 2011 and showing a crescent Moon and Venus decorating the sky over the calm water of the Viverone Lake (some 60 km from Turin) in the evening after Christma...

Crescent Moon and Mercury at dawn http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/crescent-moon-and-mercury-at-dawn.jpg Please find above an image I took before dawn on December 23, 2011 and showing Mercury lying just above a thin waning crescent Moon ...

Post-eclipse Full Moon setting http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_0638.jpg After a careful planning, this mornign (December 11, 2011) I went out to capture the post eclipse "Full Cold Moon" setting behind the Alps and the Sac...

Lunar eclipse over Turin http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/lunar-eclipse-over-superga1.jpg The image shows the partially eclipsed Moon over the Basilica of Superga, located on a hill in the surroundings of Turin (Italy) and one of the sym...

Moon and Jupiter over the Romanesque church http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa [attachment=0]stefanmoonchurch.jpg[/attachment] http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_0595.jpg Please find above the image I took on December 6, 2011 when the two celestial bodies were shining j...

Moon and Venus over Monviso http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa [attachment=0]earthshinevenus.jpg[/attachment] http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/moon-and-venus-over-the-monviso.jpg This evening, just after sunset, the crescent Moon (showing a beautiful earthshine) and the b...

Full Moon over the Santa Vittoria Castle http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find below an image of the yestreday's Full Moon (taken on November 10, 2011). After days and days of heavy rain in the northwestern region of Italy, fortunately the sky cleared up and I have been a...

[quote="Ann"]Stefano DeRosa, you're on line, so I must tell you that I was just admiring your spectacular Sun halo over that Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Many thanks Ann

Sun Halo over the "Sleeping beauty castle" http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find below an image I took on November 1st, 2011 showing a sun halo with sundogs next to the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany, the iconic palace that was an inspira...

Really a stunning image

Stefano

Hunter's Moon meets the Sacra di San Michele http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa [attachment=1]huntermoon1.jpg[/attachment] http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/img_7185.jpg [attachment=0]huntermoon2.jpg[/attachment] http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/img_7195.jpg I too...

luigi wrote:Io rising is really great!

I agree and say "WOW!"

saturn2 wrote:Stefano De Rosa, Congratulations.
This is a very good work.
The image is beautiful.

Mant thanks for your comment

Stefano

Many thanks again for your comments!

You can find other images featuring the Basilica of Superga with the Moon and the Sun here:
http://stefanoderosa.com/torino/

Best regards

Stefano

Mike Sheffield wrote:A seagull, I believe. It looks too big to be a pigeon.

Personally I agree with you Mike: it is probably a seagull

Stefano

Ann wrote:Stefano De Rosa, your APOD is very beautiful. I think that the image that you posted in this thread is even more beautiful.

Ann

Thank you Ann !

Dear all, many thanks for you comments! Yes I confirm that I planned the shot in advance, also visiting the shooting site a couple of days before. Of course I did not plan the bird, even if I must say that it is not the first time that one of my Moon/Basilica pictures is blessed by the entrance of s...

Harvest Moon meets the Basilica of Superga http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/harvest-moon-and-the-basilica-of-superga.jpg The image shows the Harvest Moon next to the Basilca of Superga. Rising near the horizon, the Full Moon closest to a...

A galactic storyteller http://stefanoderosa.com/ Copyright: Stefano De Rosa [attachment=0]storyteller.jpg[/attachment] http://ofpink.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/a-galactic-storyteller.jpg The image, taken on August 24, 2011, shows a group of people vacationing on a beach of Isola d’Elba (Italy) and...