1350-4 - 9-day-old gibbous Moon, taken April 23, 2010, with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor, plus 2x Barlow for f/12 and 1600mm focal length. Canon 7D camera at ISO 100. Seeing poor -- this was the sharpest of the lot.

1350-1395 - African Renaissance Monument, Dakar, Senegal. April 4, 2010. Sculptor, Pierre Goudiaby.

1172-4282 - Kyoto, Japan

1172-2193 - Japanese monkeys

1172-2191 - Japanese monkeys

1172-2490 - Cat, Jamaica

1172-2564 - Clownfish

1172-2565 - Clownfish

1172-2192 - Japanese monkeys

1172-2612 - Cherry Blossom At Heian Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

1172-2604 - Hanami In Kyoto, Japan

1172-2633 - Yozakura Takada, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

1172-2632 - Kominato, Itabu Railway Station, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

1172-3000 - Cherry blossoms

1172-2972 - Heian Shrine, Kyoto

1172-3084 - Mount Fuji, Japan

1172-2998 - Nagano Prefecture, Japan

1172-2999 - Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

1172-3076 - Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

1172-3059 - Mount Fuji, Japan

1178-11800 - Illuminated skyscrapers

869-1935 - volcanic eruption glowing lava on slope of volcano crater night shot long exposure Eyjafjallajokull April 2010 Fimmvorduhals South Iceland Iceland Europe

869-1938 - volcanic eruption fiery column and smoke over volcano crater night shot long exposure Eyjafjallajokull April 2010 Fimmvorduhals South Iceland Iceland Europe

869-1937 - volcanic eruption fiery column and smoke over volcano crater night shot long exposure Eyjafjallajokull April 2010 Fimmvorduhals South Iceland Iceland Europe

832-43174 - Lightning flashes in a charged cloud of ash from Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano, April 2010, Iceland, Europe