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This is part of a 2 pane mosaic I am working on. Image is Ha(red), Oiii(blue) and synthetic green.

24.05.2014, Hattingen-Niederwenigern

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GETTY IMAGES CONTRIBUTOR SELECTED ON NOVEMBER, 2011.

Trauerschwan (Cygnus atratus)

Kamera Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Belichtung 0,003 sec (1/400)

Blende f/6.3

Brennweite 500 mm

ISO-Empfindlichkeit 1250

Whooper swans.

Jouhtenet.

Im Flug 2018

Part of the Milky Way

Mute swan Cygnus olor

For whatever reason, the upper left hand corner of this shot made me think of a black hole and reminded me of the Rush song Cygnus X1...

In the constellation of Cygnus

There lurks a mysterious, invisible force

The Black Hole

Of Cygnus X-1

Six Stars of the Northern Cross

In mourning for their sister's loss

In a final flash of glory

Nevermore to grace the night...

-Rush (Lyrics by Neil Peart)

Mute swan Cygnus olor

Young Swans having fun.

Whooper swans have returned to their nesting lake Mulkkujärvi.

The surroundings of the St Michael's Bridge in Ghent reflects in the Lys canal.

Whooper Swan

Wilde Zwaan

Iceland

Picture saved with settings embedded.

cigne mut.

cisne vulgar, cisne mudo, cisne blanco.

mute swan.

Rolleiflex 3.5E Planar | Kodak Ektar 100

Best viewed in Original size - you can get lost in it - or Large for a faster download.

The Constellation Cygnus - a wealth of nebulae and massive star fields with the dark lanes running from this area all the way down into Sagittarius. NGC 7000 - North America nebula - IC 5070 Pelican Nebula beside it. Lower right area is IC 1318, Gamma Cygni or Sadr is the super massive star and Barnard 348 or Norther Coalsack nearby to the left of it.

Pentax 67 with the SMC 200 lens at f/5.6 exposed 55 minutes with push 1.5 development by GPC labs in Ottawa. Film is Kodak E200. Canoscan 9000f & SilverFast 8. Processed by Jim - The Nightfly.

24.05.2014, Hattingen-Niederwenigern

The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae.

Mute swan.

Kyhmyjoutsen.

Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)

Cygnus olor

Kyhmyjoutsenperhe

Knölsvanfamilj

Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)

Im Flug 2018

cigne mut.

cisne vulgar, cisne mudo, cisne blanco.

mute swan.

Im Flug 2018

Dutch mastery, Greek mythology and Irish codology...

Here's the Greek bit: Zeus disguised himself as a swan to seduce Leda, who gave birth to the Gemini twins, Helen of Troy, and Clytemnestra.

Höckerschwan, Männchen

With its 5 EM stabilizers (1 on each leg and 1 on the back), this CYGNUS Corp. ground unit is one of the most stable walkers on the market. The EM stabilizers compensate for the heavy armor penetrating cannon and heavy high velocity gatling recoil. GLAIVEs are also equiped with a set of missiles and a light laser gatling. They are used in various missions like search and destroy, strategic point defense or enemy base assault.

cigne mut.

cisne vulgar, cisne mudo, cisne blanco.

mute swan.

The Cygnus region of the Milky Way. Sigma 50mm, f/2.8. Five exposures from ~5 to ~6 minutes each. Lots of H-alpha missing from using an umnodified camera.

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Spinning, whirling, still descending. Like a Spiral Sea Unending!

Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)

Giovane ed adulto di Cigno Reale (Cygnus olor) in volo presso il Capanno Marinetta della riserva naturale Foci dell'Isonzo

Adult and young Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) in flight close to Capanno Marinatta in Foci dell'Isonzo Natural Reserve

Nikon D300s + Nikkor AF-S 300 f/4 + Nikkor TC-14E II

Isola della Cona - Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy

Cigne mut.

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