Photo Challenge: Distant
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Mark Showalter
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Moonrise over Freemont

I was leaving my office at Moffett Field late one night and I noticed the flickering of lights across the landing strip and then the bay. As I was taking photos, the moon rose behind the mountains. It's not out of focus---the atmospheric turbulence made it impossible to get a sharp image of the distant lights. Also, the starburst pattern around the brightest lights was not intentional; apparently it is a characteristic of this particular lens.