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13828257 - Common Crane (Grus grus) group flying at sunrise with moon in background, Spain

13828218 - Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) with moon in background, Spain

71412550 - USA, California, Yosemite National Park, Full moon rising near El Capitan at sunset

71394845 - City of Caslano with Moon Light and Cloudscape at Night in Ticino, Switzerland.

14045036 - Torenia 'Yellow MOON™'

The thin one-day-old crescent Moon just above Jupiter as both set on the evening of March 22,2023. The Earthshine glow is obvious on the dark side of the Moon. The age of the Moon was about 31.5 hours this night at this time and longitude.

13999615 - The thin one-day-old crescent Moon just above Jupiter as both set on the evening of March 22,2023. The Earthshine glow is obvious on the dark side of the Moon. The age of the Moon was about 31.5 hours this night at this time and longitude.

The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a single image captured at mid-eclipse,at 10:29 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. Being south of the centreline moved the Moon to the north side of the Sun,so the Moon is offset from the centre of the Sun's disk.

13998567 - The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a single image captured at mid-eclipse,at 10:29 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. Being south of the centreline moved the Moon to the north side of the Sun,so the Moon is offset from the centre of the Sun's disk.

The well-publicized - if not overly publicized! - supermoon (a perigee Full Moon) of November 14, 2016, seen here about 3 degrees above the horizon, rising out of low clouds. The yellow colour is natural, and illuminated the field with a golden glow. However, this is a stack of 4 exposures, from long to short, to create an “HDR” style stack as the longest exposure needed for the clouds blew out the bright Moon. A short exposure was needed for the Moon itself. I took 4 exposures at about 2 stop increments from 1.5 seconds to 1/15 second and blended them not with HDR software but with luminosity

13900260 - The well-publicized - if not overly publicized! - supermoon (a perigee Full Moon) of November 14, 2016, seen here about 3 degrees above the horizon, rising out of low clouds. The yellow colour is natural, and illuminated the field with a golden glow. However, this is a stack of 4 exposures, from long to short, to create an “HDR” style stack as the longest exposure needed for the clouds blew out the bright Moon. A short exposure was needed for the Moon itself. I took 4 exposures at about 2 stop increments from 1.5 seconds to 1/15 second and blended them not with HDR software but with luminosity

The waxing 2-day-old crescent Moon setting over the front range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta, as seen from the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, April 6, 2019. Earthshine is visible on the night side of the Moon.

13899378 - The waxing 2-day-old crescent Moon setting over the front range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta, as seen from the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, April 6, 2019. Earthshine is visible on the night side of the Moon.

The 6.5-day-old Moon (approximately) with the Lunar X (below centre) and V (above centre) formations well lit on the terminator. This phase has an incredible amount of detail and variety of features visible along the terminator.

13899347 - The 6.5-day-old Moon (approximately) with the Lunar X (below centre) and V (above centre) formations well lit on the terminator. This phase has an incredible amount of detail and variety of features visible along the terminator.

This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13897791 - This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13829489 - A common frog - rena temporaria - among frog spawn at night. The moon and tower blocks are visible in the background. Glasgow, Scotland.

13828284 - Barn owl (Tyto alba) with red moon in background, Spain

13828273 - Night portrait of a Barn owl (Tyto alba) with the moon behind, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain

14048926 - Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs Moon'

14045046 - Torenia 'Rose MOON'

13846675 - Paper lanterns lighted up on the streets of Hoi An ,Vietnam during the Hoi An Full Moon Lantern Festival

13828376 - Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) with moon in background, Spain

13828290 - European mantis (Mantis religiosa) adult perched on a branch with moon in background, Spain

13828283 - Barn owl (Tyto alba) with moon in background, Spain

71438253 - Full moon rising over the New Mexico desert.

14032847 - Lablab purpureus Ruby Moon

13899775 - Moon over the Hongo or Mushroom, an eroded geologic formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina.

13828225 - Death's-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropo). Adult at night perched on a tree with moon in background, Spain

71438252 - Full moon rising over the New Mexico desert.

71417454 - Beautiful Lightning and Full Moon and Clouds at Night in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.

14031816 - Torenia 'Moon Series'® Moon Indigo / Moon Indigo

14028548 - Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

14021772 - Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

13999477 - The waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon of July 20,2023 amid the colours of a late evening summer sunset.

An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon set in the winter stars of a January night. The 22° halo is most obvious and with a reddish and sharper inner rim.,and a bluish and more diffuse outer edge. But a faint inner 8° halo is also visible,a rare halo sometimes called the Van Buijsen Halo (according to Lynch and Livingston in their book Color and Light in Nature; Minnaert also mentions it in his seminal book The Nature of Color and Light in the Open Air). It is not a lens flare as shots taken with the Moon well off to one side of the frame still show the inner halo centred on the Moo

13999436 - An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon set in the winter stars of a January night. The 22° halo is most obvious and with a reddish and sharper inner rim.,and a bluish and more diffuse outer edge. But a faint inner 8° halo is also visible,a rare halo sometimes called the Van Buijsen Halo (according to Lynch and Livingston in their book Color and Light in Nature; Minnaert also mentions it in his seminal book The Nature of Color and Light in the Open Air). It is not a lens flare as shots taken with the Moon well off to one side of the frame still show the inner halo centred on the Moo

The quarter Moon,(in Leo) and planets Venus (brightest at right) and Mars (dim and upper left of Venus) in the late evening twilight over the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini are above Venus. This was May 27,2023,from the Sierra Cabins West property near Lundbreck,Alberta,shot during a workshop as part of the program for the Lightchasers Conference held in Pincher Creek,Alberta. Illumination is by moonlight and some car headlights.

13999152 - The quarter Moon,(in Leo) and planets Venus (brightest at right) and Mars (dim and upper left of Venus) in the late evening twilight over the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini are above Venus. This was May 27,2023,from the Sierra Cabins West property near Lundbreck,Alberta,shot during a workshop as part of the program for the Lightchasers Conference held in Pincher Creek,Alberta. Illumination is by moonlight and some car headlights.

13847347 - Under the moon in Isalo National Park, Ihorombe Region, Southwest Madagascar

13846458 - Vietnamese couple holding lanterns before droping them into the river in Hoi An ,Vietnam during the Hoi An Full Moon Lantern Festival

13834674 - A baobab tree at twilight under a full moon. Botswana

13753653 - Delphinium Highlander Moon Light and Rose 'Rosa Mundi' in the garden

14065215 - Rhododendron 'Moon Fire'®

14062990 - Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs Moon'

14045040 - Torenia 'Magenta MOON'

The close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the evening sky, from the Storm Mountain viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, on July 15, 2018. The mountains to the west define the Continental Divide. The Bow River and the CPR tracks wind off into the distance.

13899836 - The close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the evening sky, from the Storm Mountain viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, on July 15, 2018. The mountains to the west define the Continental Divide. The Bow River and the CPR tracks wind off into the distance.

13899522 - Colors have not been exaggerated or faked in -- sky was blue, moon was orange.

$The rising waning crescent Moon on the morning of June 16, 2012, taken from home through the 130mm apo refractor at f/6 and with the Canon 60Da.$

13898813 - The rising waning crescent Moon on the morning of June 16, 2012, taken from home through the 130mm apo refractor at f/6 and with the Canon 60Da.

13796404 - New Zealand, North Island, Coromandel Peninsula. Whitianga, Buffalo Beach, Araucaria Pine and moon

13434644 - Moon Milk 'Dark Side of the Moon’

13366077 - Vanilla and quark half-moon biscuits (sugar-free)

This is the gathering on the evening of April 22,2023 of the waxing crescent Moon below Venus and near the Hyades star cluster in Taurus,here set amid some silhouetted tree branches. The dim Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon. High cloud added the natural glows on the Moon and Venus.

13999693 - This is the gathering on the evening of April 22,2023 of the waxing crescent Moon below Venus and near the Hyades star cluster in Taurus,here set amid some silhouetted tree branches. The dim Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon. High cloud added the natural glows on the Moon and Venus.

Auroral curtains in the evening twilight on March 23,2023 during the great equinox show that night. This is looking west toward the sunset glow and with the Moon and Venus above the clouds lit yellow by light pollution from Calgary to the west from my location.

13998989 - Auroral curtains in the evening twilight on March 23,2023 during the great equinox show that night. This is looking west toward the sunset glow and with the Moon and Venus above the clouds lit yellow by light pollution from Calgary to the west from my location.

The conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon with Venus on June 21,2023,summer solstice evening,with the worlds in clouds in the deep blue twilight sky.

13998784 - The conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon with Venus on June 21,2023,summer solstice evening,with the worlds in clouds in the deep blue twilight sky.

A panorama or mosaic of the 10-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 16, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13898555 - A panorama or mosaic of the 10-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 16, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13845350 - Paper lanterns lighted up on the streets of Hoi An ,Vietnam during the Hoi An Full Moon Lantern Festival

14045663 - Alstroemeria 'Inticancha® Moon'

14045035 - Torenia 'Yellow MOON™'

14022664 - Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye.

13900517 - A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye.

13898690 - The moon over colorful red sandstone cliffs at sunset in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

71417456 - Moon Light With Beam and Sky With Cloudscape and Mountain in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.

14063030 - Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs Moon'

14035786 - Helleborus x ericsmithii 'White Moon'

13998785 - The waning gibbous Moon in clouds above a combine harvester at work in a wheat field,on September 2,2023.

Conjunction of Waning crescent Moon near Venus, February 2, 2000 in morning sky.200mm telephoto lens.from home in Alberta, early in morning (#1 is same event but a few minutes earlier in darker sky)

13899360 - Conjunction of Waning crescent Moon near Venus, February 2, 2000 in morning sky.200mm telephoto lens.from home in Alberta, early in morning (#1 is same event but a few minutes earlier in darker sky)

$The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, shot under clear skies through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/8000 (!) sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral “white light” image. The big sunspot on the Sun that day is just disappearing behind the Moon’s limb. The mylar filter gave a white Sun, its natural colour, but I have tinted the Sun’s disk yellow for a more pleasing view that is not just white Sun/black sky.$

13897388 - The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, shot under clear skies through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/8000 (!) sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral “white light” image. The big sunspot on the Sun that day is just disappearing behind the Moon’s limb. The mylar filter gave a white Sun, its natural colour, but I have tinted the Sun’s disk yellow for a more pleasing view that is not just white Sun/black sky.

13828322 - Portrait of a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) at night with the moon behind

11967247 - Half moon (yoga) – Step 2: raise leg

71438250 - Full moon rising over the New Mexico desert.

71422404 - Half Moon Bay, California, cliffs off of the Ritz Golf Course with waves sand at Half Moon Bay Golf Links

71410669 - Canada, Ontario, Rossport. Moon over Lake Superior

14045043 - Torenia 'White MOON'

The waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon above Venus on July 20,2023 amid the colours of a late evening summer sunset. The Moon was 8° above Venus this night,so not a close conjunction. Venus is also a thin crescent but at this scale the phase of Venus is not obvious.

13998736 - The waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon above Venus on July 20,2023 amid the colours of a late evening summer sunset. The Moon was 8° above Venus this night,so not a close conjunction. Venus is also a thin crescent but at this scale the phase of Venus is not obvious.

This is a composite of the October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse at second contact. It illustrates the irregular edge of the Moon breaking up the rim of sunlight as the dark disk of the Moon became tangent to the inner edge of the Sun at second contact at the start of annularity. This is a blend of fifteen exposures taken over 20 seconds at second contact.

13998429 - This is a composite of the October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse at second contact. It illustrates the irregular edge of the Moon breaking up the rim of sunlight as the dark disk of the Moon became tangent to the inner edge of the Sun at second contact at the start of annularity. This is a blend of fifteen exposures taken over 20 seconds at second contact.

13828392 - Night portrait of Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) jumping at night, with silhouette reflected and moon behind

13828219 - Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) with moon in background, Spain

71438246 - Full moon rising over the New Mexico desert.

14062991 - Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs Moon'

14027844 - Dahlia 'American Moon

$This is the waxing gibbous Moon (11.7 days old) near reddish Mars (above the Moon),and with reddish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster below. All are set in a swirl of clouds,looking like they are in an interstellar nebula. Diffraction from ice crystals in the clouds adds the colourful corona around the Moon. This was the Moon-Mars conjunction of January 3,2023. Mars was then about a month past opposition.$

13999549 - This is the waxing gibbous Moon (11.7 days old) near reddish Mars (above the Moon),and with reddish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster below. All are set in a swirl of clouds,looking like they are in an interstellar nebula. Diffraction from ice crystals in the clouds adds the colourful corona around the Moon. This was the Moon-Mars conjunction of January 3,2023. Mars was then about a month past opposition.

$This is the waxing gibbous Moon (11.7 days old) near reddish Mars (at upper right),both set in a swirl of clouds,looking like they are in an interstellar nebula. Diffraction from ice crystals in the clouds adds the colourful corona around the Moon. This was the Moon-Mars conjunction of January 3,2023. Mars was then about a month past opposition.$

13998450 - This is the waxing gibbous Moon (11.7 days old) near reddish Mars (at upper right),both set in a swirl of clouds,looking like they are in an interstellar nebula. Diffraction from ice crystals in the clouds adds the colourful corona around the Moon. This was the Moon-Mars conjunction of January 3,2023. Mars was then about a month past opposition.

13900551 - Moon over the Hongo or Mushroom, an eroded geologic formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina.

A mosaic of the 11-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 17, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13898050 - A mosaic of the 11-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 17, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a blend of short and long exposures to bring out the faint Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon and deep blue twilight sky while retaining details in the bright sunlit crescent.

13897963 - The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a blend of short and long exposures to bring out the faint Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon and deep blue twilight sky while retaining details in the bright sunlit crescent.

13828340 - Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) flying at night with moon in background, Spain

14032843 - Lablab purpureus 'Ruby Moon'

The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a series of images captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun,at 10:27 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. This was shot at the start of annularity.

13999521 - The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a series of images captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun,at 10:27 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. This was shot at the start of annularity.

The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a single exposure when the Moon was still in the bright blue twilight. Even so, the faint Earthshine is just becoming visible.

13900455 - The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a single exposure when the Moon was still in the bright blue twilight. Even so, the faint Earthshine is just becoming visible.

13899447 - Moon over the Hongo or Mushroom, an eroded geologic formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina.

The Moon in mid-total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, with it shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.

13897908 - The Moon in mid-total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, with it shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.

13828277 - Night portrait of a Barn owl (Tyto alba) with the moon behind, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain

13828230 - Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) with moon in background, Spain

71417354 - Kovik's Beach Church. Simple chapel on way by the sea. Moon is over the church. Klintehamn, Gotland, Sweden.

71412288 - Moon Bernini Angels Castel Ponte Sant Angelo, Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini famous Italian sculptor in 1600's.

71411570 - USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Moon setting over the Olympic Mountains and Hood Canal.

Auroral curtains in the west,with the waxing crescent Moon setting at centre,plus Cassiopeia at top right. This was February 25,2023 from the parking lot at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre,Churchill,Manitoba. The old Rocket Range headquarters building is at right.

13998312 - Auroral curtains in the west,with the waxing crescent Moon setting at centre,plus Cassiopeia at top right. This was February 25,2023 from the parking lot at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre,Churchill,Manitoba. The old Rocket Range headquarters building is at right.

13899914 - A close-up view of the reappearance of Mars from behind the disk of the Full Moon, during the December 7, 2022 occultation of Mars.

A selfie of me observing Mars, the bright object at top, in Taurus, on a mild winter night from home on December 9, 2022. Mars was then two days past opposition and at its brightest. The waning gibbous Moon is the bright glow at left, lighting the sky blue and the snowy landscape below with sparkling moonlight. Orion is rising behind me, while Gemini is at far left.

13899810 - A selfie of me observing Mars, the bright object at top, in Taurus, on a mild winter night from home on December 9, 2022. Mars was then two days past opposition and at its brightest. The waning gibbous Moon is the bright glow at left, lighting the sky blue and the snowy landscape below with sparkling moonlight. Orion is rising behind me, while Gemini is at far left.

The Moon in total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, in a multiple exposure composite showing the Moon moving from right to left (west to east) through the Earth’s umbral shadow.

13899765 - The Moon in total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, in a multiple exposure composite showing the Moon moving from right to left (west to east) through the Earth’s umbral shadow.

The two-day-old waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine, above Mercury at right, then 4 days past its greatest elongation from the Sun, in the evening sky of May 2, 2022. The star Aldebaran is at left, and below Mercury to the right is the Pleiades, just visible in the twilight and thin clouds.

13898842 - The two-day-old waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine, above Mercury at right, then 4 days past its greatest elongation from the Sun, in the evening sky of May 2, 2022. The star Aldebaran is at left, and below Mercury to the right is the Pleiades, just visible in the twilight and thin clouds.

A panorama of the 9-day-old gibbous Moon on March 15, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13897614 - A panorama of the 9-day-old gibbous Moon on March 15, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13828371 - Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) on window with moon in background, Spain

13828316 - Little Owl (Athene noctua) and moon, Spain

13828182 - Snail (Helix pomatia) with moon in background, Spain