Friday, August 01, 2008

Skywatch Friday






A orange moon and contrail on a hot New York morning.

Skywatch Friday participants are here.

SKY WATCH is brought to you by our friends Tom, Sandy, and Imac, and the new home page of Sky Watch Friday may be found here


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theteach

49 comments:

Dianne said...

and hot it is!

beautiful shot Mary.

Jientje said...

So that's what the moon looks like in New york!! Thanks, Mary! It's almost a ruby!!!
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Anonymous said...

beautiful moon

Hope you can Visit me also Thanks

Juliana said...

wonderful NY sky

Mine in here Thanks

Unknown said...

Impressive capture of the moon!
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Anonymous said...

I like the colors.

imac said...

wow, just missed the moon.lol. great shot.

juliana said...

i always like moon photos and this is special

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Mary: Very nice Moon shot, I have a contrail V today.

Anonymous said...

Another picture to remember.
You certainly pulled the Moon in.

Carver said...

That is a phenomenal shot Mary. Very well done. SkyWatch from my Deck

bobbie said...

That sight made it worthwhile to get up early in the morning, didn't it?

Rambling Woods said...

Are we tired of the rain in NY state? I love this photo!
Rambling Woods

Barb said...

It's been stifling hot, hasn't it, Mary? Quite a lovely moon shot! Mine never seem to turn out.

Michele said...

Ah, what a neat photo... lovin' the orange theme! Super cool!
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Gemma Wiseman said...

How magical! Incredible moon shot by daylight!

Anonymous said...

Very nice. You caught a lot in this shot and I can almost feel the heat!

Maria's Space said...

Mary, that is amazing.

I need to start taking some pictures of the glorious sky.

I have tagged you on my blog.

Anonymous said...

Wow...that's one stunning moon! Great capture!

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Thanks! Happy Friday!

Jane Hards Photography said...

A double whammy! Marvellous catch.

Anonymous said...

Hot yet beautiful!
Mary, you too stay hot too yah!! :P {hugs}

Mimi Lenox said...

Wonderful shot. WOW.

You've been royally tagged by Mimi Queen of Memes (aka I-hear-the-dungeon-is-really-hot-this-time-of-year)...
Somebody Get Me Out Of This Corset: The Needs Meme

Raven said...

Beautiful shot. Well done. Summer in the city was not my favorite season. Hope you are managing to stay cool.

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Orange sun!!

Beautiful post, the sky and the sun as a poetry!

Have a nice weekend!

Luiz

Gattina said...

That's really a special shot ! what an occasion you had !

Tom said...

Perfect... I really do like this...as I'm sure many others will.

Forgive this Copy and Paste part of my comment but I wanted you to know that your link works fine and you post is appreciated.. Thank you for joining in with the fun of Sky Watch this week.
Tom :O)

Anonymous said...

This is beautiful! I love that pink moon!

I don't want to take your blog for my stuff, so I answered your question this morning in the comments a bit below were you left it.

Anonymous said...

That is a gorgeous photo, Teach!! Well done!

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esnorway said...

great shoots have nice weekend

huey mei said...

wow...it was nice...

Hootin Anni said...

I don't do the 'sky watch' but I had to leave a comment...such a gorgeous photo Mary!!!

Yrsa said...

A beautifully pink moon :)

Tink *~*~* said...

One of my fave subjects ever - La Luna Bella. Happy Friday! :D

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Anonymous said...

Pretty shot Mary...Happy SWF!

Anonymous said...

merci beaucoup pour le commentaire

Brenda said...

Beautiful! I can see how hot it is.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful sky and moon color.
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storyteller said...

Wow … what an amazing capture, offset by the beautiful foliage. It’s not what I picture in New York somehow, but it’s lovely.
Hugs and blessings,

me ann my camera said...

An eyebrow in the sky. Beautiful colours!

Durward Discussion said...

I tagged you as well before seeing that Queen Mimi wants to know what you need.

Kelly said...

Gorgeous photo!

Patti said...

This is a lovely moon, Mary. Great color.

nonizamboni said...

Awesome and that heat gives it a special glow! And predicts more heat ahead?
Have a great weekend!

Barbara said...

Lovely moon shot, I haven't seen the moon for ages (so cloudy)

Anonymous said...

That's a great capture.

Maggie Moo said...

Oh how cool!

SandyCarlson said...

Mary,
That's a wonderful photo. Thanks for being a great part of Skywatch.

Travis Cody said...

We had contrails from Blue Angel Hornets in the sky yesterday. They are in town for SeaFair and they were doing their practice flights in the afternoon.

But I didn't have my camera!