Credit & Copyright: Masahiro Miyasaka
Explanation:
Sometimes, you can put some night sky in your art.
Captured above
Japan earlier this month, a picturesque
night sky was photographed behind a picturesque frosted leaf.
The reflecting ice crystals on the leaf coolly mimic the shining stars far in the
background.
The particular background sky on
this 48-second wide angle exposure,
however, might appear quite interesting and familiar.
On the far left, although hard to find, appears a
streaking meteor.
Below and to the right of the meteor appears a longer and brighter streak of an airplane.
The bright star on the left is the dog-star
Sirius, the brightest star on the
night sky.
To Sirius' right appears the
constellation of Orion, including
the three linear belt stars below the red giant
Betelgeuse.
The bright patch of light further to the right is the
Pleiades
open star cluster.
Similar views including the constellation
Orion can be seen above much of the northern hemisphere
for the next several months,
although you might have to provide your own leaf.
Challenge:
Can you identify what type of leaf was imaged?
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