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Back from Seeing Alpha Centauri

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Summer vacation this year took us to Peru, where we greatly enjoyed experiencing another culture and exploring the Inca ruins, including the magnificent Machu Picchu. I also enjoyed photographing the moon and stars that can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere. The Southern Cross looks like a kite to me.

View from our Lima hotel room:

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View from our Cusco hotel room:

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View from our Aguas Calientes hotel room:

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Moon through Inca doorway:

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Shadow Selfie with Moon and Inca Stonework:

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Moon with Inca Stonework:

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Moon over Urubamba River with stone piles:

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Southern Stars from Aguas Calientes – Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri:

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Machu Picchu:

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The Moon with Jupiter

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Driving home this evening, I was struck by the beautiful sight of the nearly full Moon with Jupiter.  With the dynamic range of the human eye, Jupiter looked quite bright while the Moon had some detail.  With the more limited dynamic range of the camera, I could not capture the range.  The picture of the pair below was taken with two two-stop graduated neutral density filters, and yet Jupiter (to the left) is hard to see and the Moon lacks detail. I was pleased with how my unfiltered pictures of the Moon solo turned out. Enjoy!

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