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Friday Night Photos Lunatic Editiion

Happy Friday everyone. As always, past whatever you got.

There was a lunar eclipse last night. I was hoping to get some photos of it to post tonight, unfortunately Mother Nature did not cooperate. I requested she play Johnny Nash; I can see clearly now. Instead she chose Pink Floyd; Obscured by clouds. So, no eclipse shots to post tonight, just the regular old moon.

Almost Full. Nov. 14th, 2021
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Half Undressed. June 27th, 2020
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Weekend Getaway April 1972. This is a photo I took of an image hanging on a wall in the NASA space program exhibit in the San Diego Aerospace Museum.
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A Moon tune

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dystopian's picture

Awesome moon shots SP! Outstanding! Beautiful! We were clouded out here (latilong 99 x 29) too. The usual astronomy sites had good pics as http://www.spaceweather.com

scroll down just a little to the gallery link, the aurora galleries are often insane...

Gotsta get back to work, will try to get back by later in evening...

Be well and take care all!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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What a beautiful image from the site you sent us to ...

See you later

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And thanks for the link too. Some really great images there.

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moon photo

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Thunder moon.
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That image of yours is unforgettable. Thank you.

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be well and have a good one

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seem to be growth items here abouts ..

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thanks for hosting SP!

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That looks inviting.

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Is that fire for some sort of pagan ritual, or were you just cold?

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and invitation to find a stone and sit comfortably by the fire and tell stories ; ).

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We may have been dancing naked singing some Moondance songs in a foreign tongue Wink

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be well and have a good one

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and for continuing to give us lunatics a cosy and sane place to be.

Snail Trails ...

and sadly an accidental crash into a window by a California Quail ...

Enjoy the evening all

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Love the snail trails.
I too get birds hitting my windows. Thankfully they've all been able to get up, get their wits about them, and fly away.

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Over the past 25 years there have only been two casualties, one near casualty, and a few who were so big and strong they survived, even if the glass didn't.

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somehow describe the synapses in the mind of the birdie peeking in your window?

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My mom, who died over a year ago would have been 93 on the same day as the bird lost its life, tends to make me think there's a message there somewhere.

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The trick is to divine the snails trails.
Patterns in the sand.
Sorry about your Mom.
Know you wanted to be there.

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There is no beginning or end?

Thank you for your care and understanding.

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beautiful photos Janis! Love the patterns.

Bird strikes on windows can leave an imprint, from the powder and oil in the feathers, often fairly ethereal appearing... one name for them is something about bird angels... they certainly have gone to heaven at that point...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bird-strike-window-photographs

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/window-bird-strike.html

Often folks put predator flight silhouettes on windows which can be a deterrent in some situations pending light angles and all. Windows are a problem.

thanks for the great images!

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for images of ethereal beauty sometimes present in the somber.

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I really love the snail trails, and the awakening to the fact that I've never closely observed any. They look quite complex in a dada sort of way.

be well and have a good one

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Look for them on dirty, painted wood.

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Here's the bolus ice asteroid, Stephanopolos, from the cave planet Diocletian. Note the lights of space station FRED.

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Speaking of Fred, how is he?

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grandiloquent self.

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What a coincidence. The cave planet Diocletian is on my bucket list of places to photograph.
Oh, and say hi to Fred.

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Are amazing. Worth the 5.6 light-years to see. Quite close to Planet Cafe Nero.

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of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

Or maybe the Big Bang Burger Bar?

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on a couple of classic tunes! Johnny Nash and the one and only Pink Floyd, Obscured by Clouds. "Very agile, Howie, very agile." Quote courtesy of Electric Flo and Eddie. Rec'd!! Smile

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

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The lunar eclipse was obscured by clouds and rain down here.

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/11/19/photos-see-the-moon-...

It was cloudy here so no peaking at the moon, but I do have the photo memory of it coming up over Mt. Ogden peaking out of a cloud the night before. I should have taken a picture of it.

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We had clear skies the night before the eclipse too even though the forecast was for mostly cloudy skies. I was hoping the same would happen Thursday night but no such luck.
Thanks for the link.

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Thanks for hosting too

be well and have a good one

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