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It was a beautiful clear night tonight with a clear shot of the moon from my driveway. Sunday will be a total lunar eclipse, which I hope to capture. Taken with a Canon 600mm f/4 lens, tripod with Wimberly 2 gimbal head, mirror lock-up, 10 second shutter delay. To get a razor-sharp moon photo, you need a sturdy tripod and head, mirror lock-up, and a remote trigger or shutter delay to eliminate all vibration, as well as a relatively short exposure. With a supertelephoto lens, it's amazing how much the image of the moon moves in the viewfinder as the Earth turns. The craters near the terminator (dark edge in shadow) stand out sharply because of the side illumination from the sun.
In life it is not what is real that is important, so much as how we see what is real. Is our life half full or half empty?
Rønne, Capital, Denmark
Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,798 (1 January 2023)
Rønne probably originated around the year 1000 when a small fishing community grew up around the natural harbour. Around 1275, a small chapel dedicated to St Nicolas was built on the site where Rønne's church now stands.
At the end of World War II, on 7 and 8 May 1945, the town was bombed by Soviet aircraft when the commandant of the German occupying forces refused to surrender. The air raid destroyed 212 houses, but only ten civilians were killed, the population having been alerted in advance. Although the rest of Denmark had been liberated on 4 May, the Soviets occupied Bornholm on 9 May, sending the Germans back to Germany. The Soviet Union did not leave until 5 April 1946 when an agreement was reached with the Danish authorities and the island finally came under Danish rule once more.
Most of the houses in Rønne were destroyed or damaged by the bombs and it took several years to rebuild the town, retaining its traditional architecture, quaint streets and half-timbered houses. The Swedes contributed 300 timber houses to the town while the rest of Denmark including Greenland and the Faroes raised the considerable sum of 8 million Danish kroner to help rebuild the town.
Half Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located in northeastern Mariposa County, California, at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. Possibly Yosemite's most familiar sight. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor.
Explored May 14, 2009 # 147
This group represents half of the Buff Wonderland Crew - Hobie, Duncan, Carson, and Canon. The day I can get all 8 in one clear shot will be a great day for me! :-)
A vertical panorama from horizon to horizon showing the Milky Way as seen in the South Hemisphere's winter. The view covers 180 degrees so it shows half of the Milky Way.
The Magellan clouds, smaller galaxies satellite to the Milky Way can be seen on the side. The Galactic center towards Sagitarius was just at the zenith so it's in the middle of the photo.