September 28, 2010

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Moonlit Nights

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images by Peter Grego, Cornwall, UK

Vincent van Gogh made the famous painting "Starry Night", and in todays age we have some equally moving paintings by Peter Grego of Cornwall, UK, of "Moonlit Nights". Peter made these wonderful computer paintings on his PDA on a mostly cloudy Maurice Collins

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Sketch on left: Naked eye view for International Observe the Moon night 2010 September 18, 21:30UT Cloudy, Moon hazy, phase visible.
Sketch on right: Moonrise over Clay Mountains. "The centre of Cornwall in southwestern England is known as 'Clay Country'. For hundreds of years decayed granite has been blasted out of the landscape by high pressure water hoses and the Kaolin (China Clay) settled out and dried. This has left huge hollows in the ground surrounded by pyramidal 'mountains' of excavated material. St Dennis is surrounded by these impressive man-made features. Last night the waning gibbous Moon was observed rising between two of these pyramids, known affectionately as 'Flatty and Pointy' since the 1930s." Peter Grego.

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Peter Gregos sketches



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