Piering at the Planets

Hi Bitsy, brilliant shot

Great!!! Cheers, Miguel

Bend and stretch...reach for the stars...I see Jupiter, where the heck is Mercury? (Glad to see you are happily back home in MA!). Cheers, pear

Thanks Dianne, Miguel, and pear! What a beautiful sight it was! Lol pear, that ditty keeps going through my head when I look at the pair and then turn around and see Mars. So many planets in view at once. Mercury is the faintest of dots if you pan up from the thing sticking up from the righthand thick piling in the middle. It's hardly even a fair test, as it takes me forever to find it. And just a week earlier it was so easily visible and fairly bright. (and Home is still only weekends....its getting really old. But I've now gotten to know little Trenton Mercer Airport!)

I like this beautiful enquadre,

very good subject and nice view !

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Warm greetings from Paolo.

Have a nice day !

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Thanks for understanding the policy and my feelings about respecting it. If you feel I'm being unfair, as you've complained before, take up your issue with the policy with Gerard, not me.

Hi Tery - I think it turned its back on us, and then zoomed off into the sunset. It sure became obvious the past 3 weeks why Mercury was the god of speed!

Snakes entwined on his staff protect Mercury, messenger of the Roman gods. With a little imagination, you can visualize the snakes entwined in Mercury’s symbol

Heraclitus believed that Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun, not the Earth.

Even without the planets this is a nice picture, Bits. I wouldn't have noticed any planets in this picture if you hadn't told me. If it's high up in the sky and it's emitting light, I call it a star. I should read more about the sky.

Great contrast and color ! Tried some evening sky shots once , but the stars turned out to be dust spots on the sensor .

Yes, you should, Norrel! But feel free to click on my photos whenever you feel that you should be paying attention to the planets.

Thanks Waldo! But I'm surprised you don't really try for sky shots, especially night ones. You must have AMAZING stars in the sky there. A nice view of the Milky Way over your backyard Tree.

Gonna try for some night shots this summer Bits - up high in the mountains with no noise pollution - been to the spot and have seen more stars than the Hollywood walk of fame - just gotta get my arse in gear , and figure out the exposure !

Unfortunately I had many clouds at their nearest position. Yesterday the moon also came very near to Jupiter. So I will try some shots next night, but I don't have such a wonderful lake, like this at your beautiful photo !

Great shot! Creative title!

Warmest wishes,

Liam ;)

Thanks Liam!

And oooooops, apologies for being sooooo bad these days at finding time to thank people for their comments Waldo and motorhand - lack of time, and lousy weekday connections are my poor excuse ;) But Thanks!!!

This is a very nice picture. LIKE 5. Best Regards.

Bogdan

Thanks very much Bogdan! Cheers to you