17 Comments on “Venus and the Crescent Moon”

1. Quite lovely. And thankfully, sailors aren’t delighting, so I don’t have to wonder if this is subtle communist propaganda.

2. Or, er, subtle Turkish propaganda. My mind is failing me. :)

3. Wow! Your pictures almost make me want to remain in the Midwest instead of moving to one of my dream locations! BTW, I love your blog.

4. I often get very nice photos of sunrise, but I almost never get a decent photo of sunset. That’s VERY nice!

5. It’s even better than that. That’s a waxing crescent, known as the Bow Moon (aka Diana’s Bow).

   I see it myself, so I know it’s true,
   That Venus meets Diana in the evening blue!

6. Nice!

7. My wife and I were enjoying the view of the crescent moon ourselves tonight. Nice picture.

   Sometimes, a small world.

8. Did you or yours see any shooting stars? It’s been a bust here in Illinois, alas.

9. Looks like a book cover.

10. “Venus and the Crescent Moon” – sounds like a pretty decent book title. One by Cat Valente or Paolo Bacigalupi rather than John Scalzi, though.

11. Bruce C.:

    You clearly haven’t heard of Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book 2: Venus and the Crescent Moon.

    That’s the book that John is working on now, btw. Really.

12. I thought it was Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book 2: Venus and the Crescent Moon: The Encrescenting?

    Maybe just a working title.

13. John, May I have your permission to print this photo and give it to my daughter for her twentieth birthday? I can add a watermark saying it’s by you if you like. (The reason why – she played Venus (the planet) in a school musical about the solar system when she was in second grade. She BELTED! It was the start of a lifelong love of singing, and music in general. Anyway, I thought this picture would be a nice reminder of her fabulous beginnings – if it’s ok with you.)

14. Lovely.

15. Kate George:

    You may, although you might prefer to use a higher resolution version of the picture than I have up here. You can get the higher resolution version on Flickr:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scalzi/10146510544/

    right click the picture for resolution options.

16. Thank you, John. I’m tickled, and I’m hoping she’ll be tickled too. Although with a twenty-year-old it’s hard to tell.

17. As an avid amateur astronomer, I at first thought I’d hit the wrong book mark and landed on one of my astro sites!! Well done!
    And as I am posting for the first or second time ever, Well Done on the recent Hugo! I have been a fan since discovering OMW this summer.
    Eric