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Moon, Mars and me

Posted by in Today's Image | March 12, 2019

Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, “Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me.”

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Image taken March 10, 2019, by Niko Powe in Illinois.

On Sunday night, Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, “Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me. Mercury may have eluded me … until next time!”

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Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. Today, as Lead Editor at EarthSky.org, she helps present the science and nature stories and photos you enjoy. She also serves as one of the voices of EarthSky on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and G+. She and her husband live in Tennessee and have two grown sons.

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