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Subject: [Leica] Snow storm and the Great Conjunction
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:32:14 -0600
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As long as you kept warm your winter wonderland is beautiful.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:07 PM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> On December 21 more than 6 inches of snow was dumped on Pender Island.
> Power went out, of course, as snow laden fir branches crashed down on the
> power lines.
> It was cloudy so no change to catch the closest Great Conjunction of
> Jupiter and Saturn.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008314w.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008314w.jpg.html
> >
>
> And the next day was a winter wonderland:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008311-Panow.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008311-Panow.jpg.html
> >
>
> By the evening of the 22nd the clouds had cleared away and I had a good
> view of
> the Great Conjunction;
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/GrtConjunction.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/GrtConjunction.jpg.html
> >
>
> Nikon D500 with 200 - 500 VR plus 1.4 extender. On tripod and closely
> cropped.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
>
> Howard (with the power back on)
>
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