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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Sea of Tranquility


Do you see the four dark craters on the north east section of the moon? Okay, in the center of those four circles is a six sided plateau, just below that feature is the Sea of Tranquility. Humankind first stood there and looked back on the little blue marble we call Earth and saw it floating in space.  Imagine!

This shot taken a few hours before the clouds obscured my eclipse!

Merry Christmas!

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17 comments:

  1. ☆Mama Ko☆December 24, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    Interesting! Merry Christmas

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  2. OwenDecember 24, 2010 at 11:32 PM

    That's a pretty incredible close up of that big ball of cheese up there... if you could zoom just a bit more we might be able to see some of the mice that live up there... too bad for the solstice eclipse cloud cover... same thing happened here, much to my regret. Hard to believe folks actually stood up there looking back here, and lived to tell the tale.

    Here's a little moon tune, in case you might not have come across it before...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XHDe0JVmNY

    Happiest of holidays to you and yours...

    Oh yeah, and PS, saw an article which I thought you might enjoy... which provides further proof that there are indeed Neanderthals among us, as postulated earlier :

    http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/23/siberia.human.ancestor.discovery/index.html

    :-)

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  3. OwlfarmerDecember 24, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    I just love it. And I love the starling that preceded it. Most folk around here see starlings as pests, but I just think Shakespeare whenever they nest in empty knots in my trees.

    Thanks for visiting moon people!

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  4. holdingmomentsDecember 25, 2010 at 12:36 AM

    A very merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  5. Sylvia KDecember 25, 2010 at 1:38 AM

    Such a superb capture! Wishing you and your family a very Merry, Joyful Christmas!

    Sylvia

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  6. edenDecember 25, 2010 at 7:23 AM

    Very nice close up. Merry Christmas !

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  7. Mark KreiderDecember 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    I rarely comment but I'll just say your photography, as always, is so very good... just splendid!

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  8. DDecember 25, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    Amazing photo and incredible fact that man stood there. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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  9. theconstantwalkerDecember 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    A great close up. My views of the Moon from the UK have been very clear this month also. Hope you have a Merry Christmas.

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  10. UnknownDecember 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    WOW! Outstanding shot, Springman!
    Hope you had a wonderful holiday.

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  11. OwenDecember 26, 2010 at 9:54 PM

    Quick note, if you haven't been there already, you may enjoy the birds on this blog :

    http://nutcase007.blogspot.com/

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  12. KcalpeshDecember 26, 2010 at 11:57 PM

    Terrific shot of the moon!!

    Pixellicious Photos

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  13. Empty NesterDecember 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    That is an amazing photo! I meant to stay up and watch but didn't. Hubs did but he used the little camera (I don't let anyone touch my Canon- even though he's the one who gave it to me...LOL)

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  14. AnonymousDecember 28, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    Beautiful! If you saw the moon like that you must have had a great view on the eclipse as well?!
    We didn't get to see it this time.

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  15. Small City ScenesDecember 28, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    Excellent shot. I can see the Man in the Moon saying "O". MB

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  16. Sallie (FullTime-Life)December 28, 2010 at 5:34 PM

    Simply wonderful! Words fail me. Except to say thank you for sharing!

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  17. Springman Jr.January 8, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    Your site just keeps getting better & better! Can't wait to get back up to the rio' Pine! Happy New Year Hawk!

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