Chasing Venus

    The moon and Venus dance above the U.S. Air Force Memorial, as seen from the Tidal Basin.

    DCist Photo of the Day, March 16, 2007

    DCist, August 11, 2008: "Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight"

    Comments and faves

    1. Odessea, xxo23o, blueiris2006, cartervwood, and 21 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Oblivious Dude (64 months ago | reply)

      Great crescent moon with the shaded portion visible.

    3. blueiris2006 (63 months ago | reply)

      I saw this on DCist - it's beautiful!

    4. *JESS3 (63 months ago | reply)

      dc in the house

    5. Marie☆Derennes (63 months ago | reply)

      wonderful!!
      I saw it on explore!! congrats!
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      Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)

    6. *Melody* (63 months ago | reply)

      Congratulations, you made EXPLORE

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      Please add your Beautiful Photo to:
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    7. philliefan99 (63 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for all the nice comments. I'm still a little buzzed by the attention this pic has been getting, thanks to Explore and DCist's Heather Goss. I'm still a newbie here, so I didn't know what Explore was until Marie mentioned it above.

    8. Vaeltaja (63 months ago | reply)

      Excellent photo.

    9. DCist (63 months ago | reply)

      DCist.com Photo of the Day for March 16, 2007. Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation!

    10. Tanya Sharkey (60 months ago | reply)

      Award Final v1 - Gold1
      ~~ Congratulations! ~~
      Your photo won the challenge at Photo Face-Off!
      Please post it to our pool.

    11. zyrcster (59 months ago | reply)

      Award Final v1 - Platinum1
      ~~ Congratulations! ~~
      Your photo beat the other Golds at Photo Face-Off.
      You are now eligible for The Brackets!

    12. CharlyM (47 months ago | reply)

      browsing for venus pictures after getting inspired after reading a chapter of 'The Planets' by Dava Sobel. This is one of the nicest I've found. The 'earthshine' on the moon next door, and the exposure of the crescent is sharp and clear. Well done!

    13. akkleis (46 months ago | reply)

      Dcist! :)

    14. philliefan99 (46 months ago | reply)

      Again! This one's a two-timer. ;)

    15. volcanojw (46 months ago | reply)

      how is that even allowed?? merrrrrr ;)
      but yay :)

    16. philliefan99 (46 months ago | reply)

      apparently Heather didn't have any meteor pics in the pool to post...

    17. armykat (19 months ago | reply)

      Stunning. Love that you can see the USAF Memorial.

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