Fly Me to the Moon — Twice!

by Nancy Atkinson on January 18, 2012

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Two aircraft cross over the waxing gibbous Moon on January 6, 2012. Credit: John Chumack

Those darn airplanes that leave their contrails and ruin a good astrophoto….except, wait! This one is awesome! From John Chumack’s vantage point earlier this month, two aircraft met up in the sky to fly across the waxing gibbous Moon. John provided a cropped inset to make it easier for all to see the jets. Great capture, John!

John’s details: captured on 01-06-2012 at 17:47pm E.S.T.
Canon Rebel Xsi DSLR & 300mm Lens @ F8, ISO 400,
1/800 second exposure

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Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast and works with the Astronomy Cast and 365 Days of Astronomy podcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.

  • http://twitter.com/mezvan Mauricio Zapata

    Wow

  • Michael Beaty

    Right place
    Right time.
    Wow indeed

  • http://www.triplepundit.com Nick Aster

    Location?

  • Niki Giada

    Astonishing!

  • Prof. Michael O. Zimmermann Ph

    what a perfect shot… congrat’s John Chumack, one just has to be patient for a long while…

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