Just underneath the moon, I saw this. Brilliant red and shimmering. I wish my camera could have captured the shimmery shine.
Of course it is Mars! Closer now than it has been in decades. The
ancient Romans named Mars after their god of war because of its red, blood-like
hue. The Chinese called it "the fire star".
I will politely pause while you laugh at these pathetic pictures! I later learned that even people with huge telescopes cannot see any detail on Mars now. This is because the planet is in the midst of a huge dust storm. So all anyone can see is red dust. But it was fun trying!
“They will go to war against the Lamb but the Lamb will defeat them, proof
that he is Lord over all lords, King over all kings, and those with him will be
the called, chosen, and faithful.”
Revelation 17
13 comments:
Wow! Ginny, you managed to capture Mars beautifully. It was a great shot. I couldn't even catch a glimpse of a tiny dot of it.
Very cool. I can't even get a good picture of the moon so I think these are fantastic.
no laughter from me, I have never even seen this fire star, did not know mars is red, or any of the info here. I only know one thing about Mars until today. Men are from MARS. he he he.... I like the name fire star better than mars... I don't even know where mars is, you can tell I am not a sky watcher, not night sky, only bright sunny sky for me..
I think you did a gret job capturing Mars.
Wow, it is impressive that you got photos. I didn't know that and learned something new today. Nope, not laughing either, just learning and loving your photos :) Great post Ginny.
Louis Dean sat outside on the driveway last night with a glass of wine before we went to bed and was looking at Mars. Thanks to you we know what we were looking at - now! Last night Louis Dean said he thought it was a satellite! I can’t wait to go in there and tell him Ginny told me it was Mars!! I showed him the pics of the moon in yesterday’s post.....it was cloudy here.
I think your pictures are great! Who can catch a huge red dust ball? Amazing!
Good for you for trying. Nothing wrong with these pictures.
Wow! It sure is red! You did great to capture it. No wonder it was called fire star
They are NOT pathetic - those are COOL! sandie
I think this is so neat!
I'm pretty amazed that you could even find Mars in your lens! Well done!
If someone had told you when you were a little girl that one day you would photograph Mars, would you have believed them?
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