by yaska77
Well here we are! Our final astronomy advent calendar image for 2011 is here, and we’re just one sleep away from Santa’s visit…
It seemed appropriate therefore that the Christmas Eve image be one with a certain magical, mystical quality, and few come more striking than this!
Day 24
Astronomy Advent Calendar 24th December - Close Encounters of the Milky Way Kind (click to enlarge, opens flickr image) - Image Copyright: Eric Hines Photography
Scan your channel guide over the holiday season and it’s likely that somewhere, on some channel, they’ll be showing Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg.
The familiar outline of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming appeared many times throughout the film, in shaving foam, mashed potato and even a huge scale model built by Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) in his lounge!
Captured in the summer by amateur photographer Eric Hines of Valparaiso, Indiana, his image is truly out of this world! I almost wish there was an alien ship streaking across the sky!
You can view more of Eric’s photos or follow him on Twitter here:
Eric Hines Photography on Flicker
Follow: @EricHinesPhotos on Twitter
All of us at Sky-Watching wish our visitors and kind commenters throughout 2011 a very Happy Christmas and a great New Year. Thank you for sharing our interest and enthusiasm and keeping this blog far busier than we could have believed!
