Archive for May, 2007
Moon/Venus Conjuntion
May 20th, 2007 | 
Author: I almost missed this. I was putting the dog out the back door and happened to see it just before it set. I quickly grabbed my camera and tripod. Cannon EOS 300D 100-300mm zoom telephoto. 21:42:43 EDT.
ISO 1600 – 2 sec exposure to illuminate the foreground.
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Note the haze and skyglow of the Florida summer as it compares with a similar photo from mid-winter. 
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Martian Astronomer Images Jupiter
What looks initially like a Hubble photo or an exceptional ground based image of Jupiter was indeed taken from Mars!
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Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The martian astronomer responsible for this outstanding shot is actually not a native but a terran immigrant. The HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this picture on January 11th while calibrating camera’s pointing and color response.
Original images and further details can be found here: HiRISE | Jupiter As Seen from Mars
Just thought this was kinda “gee-whiz” interesting.