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Title: Wow! Space Station Crosses Crescent Moon in Amazing Photo
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 26, 2013, 05:08:57 pm

Wow! Space Station Crosses Crescent Moon in Amazing Photo
SPACE.com
By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor  48 minutes ago


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This image shows the International Space Station transiting the Moon. Juan Gonzalez-Alicea captured the image on Dec. 6



The International Space Station can be seen cruising in front of a crescent moon in this stunning night sky photo recently sent to SPACE.com.

Juan Gonzalez-Alicea of Sociedad de Astronomia del Caribe captured the image from western Puerto Rico on Dec. 6 using a Canon 7D with a 300 mm lens. "I was able to capture the ISS [International Space Station] passing in front of the moon,” Gonzalez-Alicea wrote SPACE.com. "It was an amazing sight since Venus was at maximum brightness below the crescent moon.”

Venus was at its greatest brilliance on the evening of Friday, Dec. 6, but the planet will be at its maximum brightness all month. It remains highest in the sky the first half of December, descending back down toward the horizon the second half of the month.

The moon is 222,800 miles (358,700 km) away from Earth while Venus is currently approximately 38.5 million miles (61.9 million kilometers) away.


http://news.yahoo.com/wow-space-station-crosses-crescent-moon-amazing-photo-161946723.html (http://news.yahoo.com/wow-space-station-crosses-crescent-moon-amazing-photo-161946723.html)

Title: Re: Wow! Space Station Crosses Crescent Moon in Amazing Photo
Post by: gwillybj on December 26, 2013, 05:24:34 pm

I need to get me a good camera. I see things with a good neato factor all the time but can't share the feeling.

Title: Re: Wow! Space Station Crosses Crescent Moon in Amazing Photo
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 26, 2013, 05:29:14 pm

 ;b;