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Credit: Dominic Cantin
Explanation:
Clear evening skies are a welcome sight for
stargazers worldwide,
but clearing skies are good too.
Just such a glorious occasion was recorded in this dramatic
photo taken by
Dominic Cantin during a recent
gathering of
Canadian astronomers at
St-Nхrхe
Observatory, located about 60 kilometers southeast of the city of Quebec.
Looking toward the west on
July
13th, the exposure captured
a distant lightning
flash from a passing thunderstorm at the far left.
On the right, the storm clouds' retreat has uncovered
an overexposed crescent Moon
sharing the evening twilight
with bright Venus
only a few degrees away (below and far right).
In the darkening sky above the young Moon,
are a familiar right triangle of stars in the
constellation Leo.
Cantin reports that clear skies followed, all night long.
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