Credit & Copyright: Dominic Cantin   
   
   
Explanation:
Clear evening skies are a welcome sight for   
stargazers worldwide,   
but clearing skies are good too.   
   
Just such a glorious occasion was recorded in this dramatic   
photo taken by   
Dominic Cantin during a recent   
gathering of   
Canadian astronomers at   
St-NИrИe   
Observatory, located about 60 kilometers southeast of the city of Quebec.   
   
Looking toward the west on   
July   
13th, the exposure captured   
a distant lightning   
flash from a passing thunderstorm at the far left.   
   
On the right, the storm clouds' retreat has uncovered   
an overexposed crescent Moon   
sharing the evening twilight   
with bright Venus   
only a few degrees away (below and far right).   
   
In the darkening sky above the young Moon,   
are a familiar right triangle of stars in the   
constellation Leo.   
   
Cantin reports that clear skies followed, all night long.   
   
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