The Big Dipper Peaks Through

The clouds never cleared for the meteor shower, but there was a brief moment when they parted enough to reveal the Big Dipper. While disappointed not to photograph the meteor shower or the milky way or some other spectacular night sky, at least I had something!
Thanks for your kind words for yesterday's shot of the colorful cloudy sky.

[Simply Amanda]

Fabulous,

[Jeff in VT, USA]

Brilliant photo.

[Lynda McG]

Nice night sky - fav!

[Call me Joe]

Favtastic!

[Maggiemae]

The clouds were moving but look good with the clear focus of the stars! fav

[gloria jones]

Favulous :)

[Nick]

This is great. Nice to see a different night sky shot.

[DitDatDot]

Very dreamy

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Pam Knowler]

My sky looked very similar to this tonight. Where are the meteors? I was standing outside the front of my house looking up to the stars when a man walked by with his dog. He asked if I was ok! I had to laugh and gave up my star gazing! A lovely image showing the clouds moving across the sky.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love the stars and the mood of the shot.

[Jane Pittenger]

Magical with the clouds

[Tony]

Great skill in capturing anything under those conditions. Love the tone and texture of the clouds.

[Tom]

Wonderful capture, just the right exposure

[Peter Dulis]

almost abstract ...nice

[Lois]

Beautiful night sky!

[Harry J Benson]

good night sky photo

[April]

Beautiful Big Dipper and night sky!

[Milanie]

Great shot of the night star show.

[Rosie Kerr]

Sure enough... the Big Dipper. Clear as a bell. The moving clouds before it are lovely.

[Babs]

Shame about the meteor shower, but this is a fabulous substitute.

[Marnie]

Lovely night sky and I think I can work out which constellation's the Big Dipper.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh well captured! No meteor shower, but this is great!

[Thom Mitchell]

This is awesome (said the erstwhile astrophysics major)!! Fav for sure!

[HelenM]

The constellation shows up well on black. Very nice shot

[Veena Gupta]

How lovely! Fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. Makes you romantic doesn't it? I have never managed to capture the stars - probably because I don't have the correct lens.

[Rachel]

I just looked at your settings, and see this was a 15 second exposure. Amazing how far the clouds move in that time! Love those stars peeking through.

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic shot, great lines made by the clouds.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Joyce]

Fabulous. The stars look as though they sure suspended from the clouds

[Sandy]

Nice capture of the dipper.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The photo club is holding a night-sky workshop in Sept. and I can't wait. I hope we have a clear night as I so want to be able to pictures like this! It's beautiful!

[Louise & Ken]

That's gorgeous, Taffy! Unfortunately I may never be rested enough to go out late, and by the time I'm back in SoCal, it's a well-known fact we have no night sky...

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[Leana Niemand]

Oh, you did well, it was all cloudy here in Bangkok as well as far to much light!

[Taffy]

@olivetreeann Good luck -- so much depends on weather but it's great fun.

[Caroline]

Oh wow, this is awesome! I can't believe you caught the big dipper! Beautiful, Taffy :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super capture Fav!

[☠northy]

Nice night sky... The clouds add nice interest... Make it different :)

[Chris Johnson]

Love the stars peeking through the clouds and you caught the big dipper! Gorgeous and amazing!