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That is a very neat photo! Excellent capture of the bird in motion! The bird reminds me of the phenomenon known as "Rods" that some people believed were UFOs but were most likely insects flying in front of the camera. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(optical_phenomenon))

Glad to see this image on APOD! "A Dark Sky Over Death Valley" deserves the APOD honor much more than the Earth at Night APOD of Aug 22, 2004. Let's showcase the grand night sky, not the light pollution.

Comment about the August 22 APOD Earth at Night http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html Being an astronomy web-site I am surprised that they did not mention anything about the growing problem of light-pollution. This picture really highlights that problem. Most of the light you see in this pi...