At 6:00 this morning I photographed our old friend Orion to the south. The International Space Station then passed just to the left of Orion very near bright Jupiter. The ISS was going from top to bottom of the frame. It will pass below Orion on Wednesday morning. I will try again. Maybe I can get both Orion and ISS in the same frame.
How I See It 
Reblogged this on Our View from Iowa.
This is beautiful, Jim. Great work! I envy you your dark skies!
I also like the new look of your blog 🙂
Thank you. I like it a lot. The background image is more noticed.
Seems like you had some early morning fun.
This is one of the relatively few constellations I can recognize—not to be confused with the Irish constellation O’Ryan.
That one only appears to those who drink enough.
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