13999239 - This wide-field image frames the end stars of the Big Dipper's handle — Mizar at top,and Alkaid at bottom — and to also include in the frame the bright galaxies Messier 101 (at left) and Messier 51 (at lower right,aka the Whirlpool Galaxy). They are small on this image scale but the image serves for a finder chart illustration of the location of these galaxies relative to the Handle. The famous double star Mizar and Alcor is also obvious at top,as is the red giant star 83 Ursa Majoris. The field is 10° x 15°,so wider than binoculars.13898512 - A telescopic closeup of Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) on January 19, 2015. I shot this from near Silver City, New Mexico, using a TMB 92mm apo refractor at f/4.4 and using a Canon 6D at ISO 1600 for a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures. The ion tail is primarily from a single exposure to minimize blurring from the comet’s motion relative to the stars. The rest of the image is from the stacked combination to minimize noise.13899320 - This is the occultation of Mars by the Full Moon on December 7, 2022, in a composite showing the motion of Mars relative to the Moon. The motion here is from left to right. However, while this composite makes it look like Mars was doing the moving, it was really the Moon that was passing in front of Mars. But for this sequence I set the telescope mount to track the Moon at its rate of motion against the background stars and Mars, to keep the Moon more or less stationary on the frame while Mars and the background sky passed behind it.13844339 - Cercopis intermedia or froghopper; froghoppers jump from plant to plant, some species can jump up to 70 cm vertically: a more impressive performance relative to body weight than fleas.71419715 - Violet or Amethyst Laccaria amethystina Heather truffle relative in moss in forest, Bavaria, Germany, Europe71419714 - Violet or Amethyst Laccaria amethystina Heather truffle relative in moss in forest, Bavaria, Germany, Europe70424428 - Hawaii, Close-up of comb jelly (ctenophora), a relative of the jellyfish.70418085 - Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae The Emu is quite common in Australia and is also farmed commercially for meat leather and oil Even if the Emu is similar in shape and behaviour it is only a distant relative to the African Ostrich the emu is the biggest bird i70501720 - KURANDA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 17: An infant koala bear Phascolarctos cinereus, catches a ride on an older relative at Kuranda Koala Gardens, a small zoo in Kuranda, Australia, July 17, 2006. Photo by Darron R. Silva/Aurora71081821 - Dugong an indo pacific relative of the Manatees, eats sea grass at Abu Dabbab a bay north of Marsa Alam in southern Egypt
