Mars

With tonight being the night that Mars is closest and brightest in the night sky for 2012, I decided to try and get some snaps of it. I've found that photograsphing the night sky is definitely a learning process and hopefully I'll eventually get some good shots. For now, here are my attempts:

How do we know it's Mars...tis red of course(!)

An attempt of capturing Mars on the lower left with the Moon upper right.

For information on other happenings in the night sky this week, see this short but informative video from Sky and Telescope.

Water Boatman - Corixa punctata

Date Photographed: 05/03/2012
Location: The Courts Garden, Holt
Resources: http://www.joyofplants.com/wildlife/search.php?o=118

Sounds of the night - Identification MP3

Here's another MP3 by Chris Packham on the brilliant BBC Breathing Places website. This one contains the sounds of various animals that you may encounter in your garden, the woodland, or park with some information on the part of the year you'll be able to see the particular animal.

Running Order:
Wood Pigeon
Male Pheasant
Crows
Jackdaws
Hedgehogs
Fallow Deer
Muntjac Deer
Red Deer
Red Fox Vixen
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Robin
Pipistrelle Bat
Daubenton's bat
Noctule Bat
Horseshoe Bat
Identification test
Night sound compilation

Running Time: 16:35


The MP3 is available here.

Enjoy!