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Boomer12k wrote:A very nice shot of The Moon and a plane, for my Birthday today!!!! Thanks. I saw the moon a few days ago when around full, just happened out the back door. It was very nice, got out the Binocs and had a good view.

Last day of subfreezing weather, for now at least... brrrrrr... but on a couple of very clear nights, I got out the Binocs... I used my father's Bushnells and even after 50 or more years they work great. 8 power... now into typical Oregon weather....RAIN, RAIN, RAIN....

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hamilton1 wrote:Rest in Peace Gene Cernan.

As Cernan prepared to climb the ladder for the final time, he spoke these words, currently the last spoken by a human standing on the Moon's surface:

Bob, this is Gene, and I'm on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record: that America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus–Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.

— Cernan
[born Eugene Andrew Cernan / March 14, 1934 / Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
died January 16, 2017 (aged 82) / Houston, Texas, U.S. ]

firstmagnitude wrote:
The photo would have been more interesting if the jet flew behind the Moon, otherwise, ehh.

Boomer12k wrote:
A very nice shot of The Moon and a plane, for my Birthday today!!!!

• Happy Birthday Boomer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Torment_of_Saint_Anthony_(Michelangelo) wrote:

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• January 17 St. Anthony's Day.

<<On this day in the age of Queen Elizabeth,
a sick pig would be led to the dung-heap
and was not allowed to be slaughtered.>>
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<<The Torment of Saint Anthony is the earliest known painting by Michelangelo, painted after an engraving by Martin Schongauer when he was only 12 or 13 years old. The Temptation of St Anthony (or "Trial") typically shows Saint Anthony being assailed in the desert by demons, whose temptations he resisted. But this composition shows a later episode where St Anthony, normally flown about the desert supported by angels, was ambushed in mid-air by devils.

The painting was previously attributed to the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio, under whom Michelangelo had served his apprenticeship. Under that attribution it was bought at a Sotheby's auction in July 2008 by an American art dealer for US$2 million. When the export license was obtained that September, it was brought to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it was cleaned of discoloured varnish and later overpainting and closely examined for the first time. On the basis of stylistic hallmarks such as "emphatic cross hatching", it was decided that the painting was indeed by Michelangelo. It was soon bought by the Kimbell Art Museum for an undisclosed amount, believed to be in excess of $6 million.>>

neufer wrote:Wouldn't it have been both clearer & more succinct to have said:
"...on the plane's right, is the young Moon."

Far in the distance, to the right of the plane, is the young Moon.

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gcal wrote:

...to the right of the plane, is the young Moon.

The picture I'm seeing has the moon to the left of the plane. Did we get a mirrored image, or is the text simply mistaken?

The Moon is to the right of the plane because it can be seen out
the right side windows by passengers sitting on the right side of the plane.

• Wouldn't it have been both clearer & more succinct to have said:
  • "...on the plane's right, is the young Moon."
    
    (Or is it the plane's starboard )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_and_starboard wrote:
<<The term starboard derives from the Old English steorbord, meaning the side on which the ship is steered. Before ships had rudders on their centrelines, they were steered with a steering oar at the stern of the ship and, because more people are right-handed, on the right-hand side of it. The term is cognate with the Old Norse stýri (rudder) and borð (side of a ship). Since the steering oar was on the right side of the boat, it would tie up at wharf on the other side. Hence the left side was called port.>>

gcal wrote:

...to the right of the plane, is the young Moon.

The picture I'm seeing has the moon to the left of the plane. Did we get a mirrored image, or is the text simply mistaken?

...to the right of the plane, is the young Moon.