The Sky Giants - February 2024 - a photo on Flickriver

The Sky Giants - February 2024

Both can be seen with the naked eye -

One is tall, made of steel, and towers 120 feet into the sky.

The other giant is the Orion constellation. From it's head (the multi-star known as Meissa) to it's bottom left foot (the Supergiant star known as Saiph), is a mere 497 light years apart, or roughly 15,426,454,079,315,755,581 (quintillion) more feet than the tower is tall. Orion's left shoulder, the star known as Betelgeuse, measures more than 700 million miles across and if it were set where our own Sun is, it would engulf every planet up to and including Jupiter. Well, as they say - it's all relative, right?

Taken from a set of railroad tracks in Crete, Illinois - the exact location can be seen here:

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Taken on: February 26, 2024

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Camera: Nikon Z 8, f/2.8, 15 sec, 35mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	15
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Windows)
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