Props to the Moon: Big Pic
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Oct. 17, 2011 -- Photographer Adrian J. Scott captured this great image of a prop plane silhouetted against a waning gibbous moon on Oct. 13, 2011, from his location in Sutton, England.
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"I have spent hours with the telescope pointed at the moon, just waiting for passing air traffic," Adrian told Discovery News. "It's become a game I play, living in-between two international airports. On this night the moon was so bright I nearly missed this one approaching. The big surprise was when I got home and loaded the photos onto the computer and realized I had caught a propeller. You can see each individual propeller blade; it really gives a sense of scale to the moon."
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Separated by about 240,000 miles the moon and the plane make a beautiful subject duo... great capture Adrian!
See more of Adrian's astrophotograpy on his Flickr page.
-- by Jason Major.
Image credit: Adrian J. Scott. Image used with permission.
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