Nightscape at Shasta Lake
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Thanks for posting. I really like that first one.
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
does anyone else think that moss / lichen / fungus at the bottom of the first picture looks like it’s glowing in the dark?
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
They are lovely images. Well done.
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Those are really nice. I need to starting taking some of these.
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Beautiful, and it's nice to see the full water level in the lake, rather than its appearance as an empty bathtub during drought years.
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Congratulations on having your image selected as today's TSS APOD .
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Great shots!!! My wife graduated Mt. Shasta High School. She just made the first image the background on her computer.
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Congrats Metastable on your APOD distinction.!
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Hi Metastablemetastable wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:39 pm does anyone else think that moss / lichen / fungus at the bottom of the first picture looks like it’s glowing in the dark?
Some fungi definitely do glow in the dark. Great shots and congrats on the
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Nice! I'll vote for 2 and 4 in the first post and 3 in post #7. 
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Re: Nightscape at Shasta Lake
Congratulations for a beautiful image, metastable!
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