Exploring the Night: Astrophotography and Nocturnal Visions

A variety of images featuring the starry skies and intriguing nightscapes.

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Jupiter's Rest

Watching Jupiter set seemed to be a major theme of this past summer's vacation. ;-)

Another shot from a very cold and clear night at Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon. That's Jupiter just about to set over East Lake. Consider for a moment how that little blip is 2.5 times more massive than all the other planets in our Solar System combined.

Technical info: Thanks to Mtnguyd ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnguyd/ ) for pointing out the EXIF data seems to be partially stripped. The specs were: 30 sec, F4, 17 mm at 800 ISO.

Night Star Stars Oregon OR Newberry East Lake Sky Reflection Mist Fog Jupiter Jovian Jovial Fifth Planet Astronomy Astrophotography Landscape Lake Water Blue Indigo Nikon D300 Not HDR 1735 Nightscape Evening Nature SENSATIONALPhoto RS 2009