{"id":4068,"date":"2014-09-15T10:46:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2014-09-15T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:46:29","slug":"take-5-night-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-night-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Night Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

We may not be able to see\u00a0Northern Lights here in Massachusetts, but that doesn’t stop photographers from capturing stunning photos of the moon and night sky. Check out a few past\u00a0Photo Contest<\/a>\u00a0entries.\u00a0Have a great shot of your own? There\u2019s still time to enter the\u00a02014 Picture This Photo Contest<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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2012 Photo Contest Entry, Mackenzie Lannon<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Photo Contest Entry, Sylvia Pyzocha<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Myer Bornstein<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry, Rod Delano<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Photo Contest Entry, Lucy Loomis<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We may not be able to see\u00a0Northern Lights here in Massachusetts, but that doesn’t stop photographers from capturing stunning photos of the moon and night sky. Check out a few past\u00a0Photo Contest\u00a0entries.\u00a0Have a great shot of your own? There\u2019s still time to enter the\u00a02014 Picture This Photo Contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[143,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-contest-2","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-13C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4068,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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True, you'll have to stay up later for it to get dark, but at least you can comfortably enjoy the majesty of the night sky without a wool hat, gloves, heavy boots, parka, and half a dozen base layers. 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