Sunday 21 December 2008

A feature of the night...

It's been a long time coming, but we're finally there... the shortest day. My long nights of howling at the moon are nearly over. From here on, those long summer days can only get closer. Horray!
As you can see the photos have a nocturnal theme. The second photo is a bit dark, but click on it and it'll get all big and be much clearer to see (the wonders of electrickery). The bright 'star' on the left is Jupiter which is really easy to spot at the moment. Just right of centre is Venus. They are most obvious just as it gets dark. I can see them even from my patch of light polluted ether, so those of you in the darker areas should get spectacular view...

3 comments:

Elisa...life as we know it. said...

Beautiful pictures.

Have a wonderful Christmas, hope you have a wonderful time...I am sure you have lots of getting together with friends and family and food and drink planned!
x

4D said...

Awesome pics!

Keep smilin!

Lavender said...

Excellent pics Mate! Well done....solstice already? The years are flying by...although the winter parts of them do seem rather a lot longer than the summer parts....funny that!