UFO Sighting or the sequel to 'Up'!

We were enjoying a recent Saturday night outside at The Mariners' Museum while watching The Delorean's (a popular local 80's band) play when we saw something strange in the beautiful evening sky. 

(all photos by this guy)

It was hovering way off in the distance... 

 

...just above the moon.

 

You can see it here above the moon. ^

This is the best we could see with our naked eyes. ^

We just sat and watched it as it slowly disappeared into the distance, 

and my first thought was quad-copter. Attack of the Drones!

Previous photo zoomed in 100%. ^

Once Jason processed the photos, it was obviously not a quad-copter. 

But then, what was it?

Is it a para-glider? An airplane-shaped hot air balloon? 

....or as Jason said, "a dude in a lawn chair w/ 100 helium balloons". 

☺

The Sun Tries to Interrupt The Rain

 Thanks to Jason for making me look outside last evening to see the beautiful sky 

as the sun was trying to peak through the rain. 

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Pictures From A Sunday Evening

 

Photos taken at Lions Bridge on the James River in Newport News, VA. 

Pretty Way To End The Day

What a nice day. This is how it began when I posted at 8 am today: 

And below is how it ended, in the same exact spot, 12 hours later at 8 pm tonight:

Of course, I used a real camera for the night shot. No way my cell phone picture would suffice. Question to anyone who is astronomically inclined. What is that bright star or planet below the moon?
UPDATE: I've heard it on good authority that the star just below the moon is Jupiter, and tonight is actually the Harvest Moon. Lucky Me! 

Pretty Way To Start The Day

Usually I don't turn around to look at the sunrise as I'm walking out to my car each morning, but today the light was kind of magical. So, I turned around to find this.  Do they sell this kind of lighting at Ikea?

Tre Moon

La Bella Luna

photo taken Saturday, August 21, 2010