After Dark

369 x 30 second exposures with a 10 mm lens
makes some impressive star trails.  See more here:  LINK

Saturday evening I looked up and noticed that Venus and the Moon were
moving into conjunction again.  In astronomy and astrology conjunction
refers to the appearance (from Earth) of two celestial bodies near to one
another in the sky.
The astronomical and astrological symbol of conjunction = ☌

I set up my tripod and made these images with a 300 mm lens.
I colorized the image kind of a purple-blue color to mimic what the
naked eye might see.  This is a 30 second exposure which distorts
both the Moon and Venus.

This is a much shorter exposure, colorized toward yellow.

Another view of the event.

This is what the naked eye sees, just before Moonset.

This is probably my favorite shot.  I spent a long time waiting for a jet
to cross just where I wanted it, in front of the Moon.  While
hundreds of jets an hour pass over the Florida peninsula not all
appear to be in the correct location (as viewed from the ground).


The white line is the jet passing just above the Moon.


The clouds were starting to move in and there's a little reflection from the lens
on the jet trail. . . but . . . those imperfections are what make the image.


Click on the image to enlarge and notice that red and white lights
are flashing.  These are aircraft navigation lights placed
similarly to those on marine vessels. The lights are used to avoid collisions.

A few minutes later the clouds became thick.  I like this shot too
because its unusual.  The orange coloring on the clouds is from the
lights of the Orlando metro area.

Another shot of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and the International Space Stationusing a short lens and a long exposure. . . with captions.