Light from the sun hits the moon on one side, resulting in the sliver of light we normally see from a waxing moon, and it also reflects off the Earth toward the moon, faintly illuminating the entire lunar surface. The bright light to the left is the planet Venus, which is currently slightly farther away from Earth than the sun. The blue star just above the moon is Dabih, which is more than 344 lightyears from Earth (meaning the light we see from that star now has taken 344 years to reach us.)
Went out the other night to try to see some of the Perseid meteor shower. It was a bit overcast so I saw just one, but then the clouds cleared a bit and the Big Dipper became visible. This image is a stack of seven one-second exposures taken over 14 seconds, resulting in clear stars with minimal motion. Shot using a tripod, of course.
A young girl descends from the top of the rock climbing wall during Canada Day festivities at Richmond Green, in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Last night, residents of Richmond Hill, Ontario, gathered at Richmond Green park to watch the annual Canada Day fireworks.
Lightning from a storm that rolled through Richmond Hill, Ontario, a couple of weeks ago.
The Super Moon, a full moon at its brightest and at its closest point to Earth in the last 18 years, rises over Markham, Ontario, at 7:53pm on March 19, 2011.
An Air Canada jet circles north, past the setting sun, toward Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
Five separate exposures tiled in Photoshop show the sun setting over Vaughan, February 23, 2011.
Sunsets look so much better from 11 floors up.
Another amazing sunset over Richmond Hill.
