The Pleiades and Mars rising by Bryan Murahashi

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07-OCT-2005

The Pleiades and Mars rising

Out last night at Oak Ridge Observatories up in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Had to wait a couple of hours for the high clouds to blow away to see the dark skies.

Here the Pleiades and Mars rising between the band of clouds

Shot last night and processed today.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
30s f/3.5 at 18.0mm, iso=800, tripod. full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Guest		24-Oct-2005 04:42
Beautiful shot

Guest		16-Oct-2005 23:40
Did the aliens ever come out?

Mindy McNaugher		11-Oct-2005 02:42
Superb photo!!! Love the red glow of the doorway of the observatory too! Very mysterious!! Like it! Vote!

Buz Kiefer		11-Oct-2005 00:06
Excellent photo.

steve mcsweeny		10-Oct-2005 20:59
Out of this world;).Super shot! Well worth my vote.

Manfred Bachmann		10-Oct-2005 17:23
Very nice moody image, technically it´s also excellent!

Dave Wyman		10-Oct-2005 15:47
Different and beautiful.

Guest		10-Oct-2005 08:32
Brilliant colours in the sky ... love that red light through the doorway! :)

Guest		10-Oct-2005 07:55
Interesting shot! but curious at the same time what's that red thing? :o)

Elaine (etfitz)		10-Oct-2005 01:45
Beautiful colors!

Guest		09-Oct-2005 17:48
excellent... ciao Andrea

Gayle P. Clement		09-Oct-2005 15:51
Very nice work. The skies are beautiful.

Guest		09-Oct-2005 15:25
Great work!

Joseph Brennskag		09-Oct-2005 14:16
Cool stuff Bryan. The light from the observatory looks 'otherworldly'.

Guest		09-Oct-2005 05:33
fantastic work!

Bob White		09-Oct-2005 04:57
Great shot --- it all comes to those that wait Bob

Brian McAllister		09-Oct-2005 04:41
Great shot Bryan, and educational as well. Vote.