North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

From Dusk Til Dawn

Scientists announced last week the prospect of an Earth-like planet. Its twenty light years away, so if it is inhabited (and the citizens there have invented TV), let's hope a few of them have put a few quid on Johnny Logan to win the Eurovision Song Contest.

Back here on Earth, or more specifically, Galway, we're seeing a lot more of the Moon and the Sun. The weather has been gorgeous this week from sunrise to sunset, with clear skies during the day and the night.

The picture of the sun (above) was taken this morning at around 7am as it rose over Renmore Barracks this morning. The morning haze acted like a filter and, apart from adjusting the contrast a bit, no other photo-editing was done. The 'blemish' on the face of the sun is a sunspot - an region of intense magnetic energy on the sun's surface which is cooler than surrounding areas (and therefore duller). The dot in the picture above is called 10953 and is tracked by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). It's about three times the size of the Earth.

Camera= Canon 5D, lens= Canon 100-400@400mm, ISO=100, aperture=f9, speed=1/640 sec, spot-metered

A couple of days earlier, I was walking along the beach on Spiddal on a warm sunny evening. Even before the sun had set, the moon rose above the Burren Hills across the Galway Bay.

Camera= Canon 5D, lens= Canon 100-400@400mm, ISO=400, aperture=f5.6, speed=1/400 sec, spot-metered

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Posted by Monasette at April 28, 2007 10:15 PM