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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Pic Du Midi


I love this photograph and have it as one of my desktop pictures. I would love to spend an evening here. Its a goal of mine. This dreamlike view looking south from the historic mountain top Pic du Midi Observatory combines moonlit domes, a winter night sky, and the snowy peaks of the French Pyrenees. Lights from the La Mongie ski resort illuminate the mountain slopes nearby while the glow along the distant horizon is from urban areas in southern France and Spain. The night sky features stars of the constellations Orion and Gemini with a bright planet Mars very near the top edge, left of center. Click on this picture to see it in its full beauty.

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