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« on: February 12, 2011, 12:04:47 pm »

After completing my work in Tyneside on Thursday I took the A66 across the country and headed towards the Lake District. Time was against me I only had had 2 hours before the sunset so wasted no time in getting to Langdale Valley. I only managed to take a few quick pics in daylight so opted to stay over and prayed  for some clear skies. Managed to find a Hotel (www.dungeon-ghyll.co.uk) at the foot of the mountains which was ideal.







The following day sees the return of mist and rain typical Lake District weather.





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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 09:01:00 pm »

Fantastic shots Anton!  Looks a nice hotel aswell Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 04:31:42 am »

A very beautiful valley setting and #2 is a stunner! Thanks for sharing Anton.
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 03:01:38 pm »

Excellent,Anton. I really like the jetty photo. I bet it looked good up there when we had the snow.
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2011, 11:42:13 am »

Thanks for the comments guys.
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2011, 01:11:58 pm »

Cracking shots Anton, really like no.2 with the stars and the moonlight illuminating the mountains  Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 07:19:15 pm »

Thanks Paul, the location was fantastic together with the moonlight made a good evenings observing without any LP.
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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 09:29:50 pm »

beautiful shots! I love the mountains in the images.
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2011, 05:49:28 am »

I can see why you decided to stop over Anton - what fantastic scenery! Love the lighting & 'moody' feel to that penultimate shot with the boats in the mist & also that spectacular second shot with the stars against the moonlit mountains. Incidentally, the starfield in that second shot looks very familiar as I've used it several times (in vain so far) to 'star hop' to the large but faint Seagull nebula (IC2177). You've caught some lovely open clusters in there including my favourite M41 (below & slightly to the left of dazzling Sirius) and M46 & M47 over towards the left of the image.

Sadly all of these clusters never rise very high in the sky for us 'northerners'.
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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2011, 10:46:07 am »

Thanks Conor & Andy for the comments, this truly is a great location for observing need to pack the scope next time I go that way.

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