Saturn Above Earth Movers

A row of Caterpillar grading equipment dimly reflect light from passing automobiles on the future site of a new housing development along Boyson Road, west of Alburnett Road in Marion, Iowa. The brightest celestial object above them near top center is the planet Saturn, one day removed from its opposition (from the sun) and at its biggest and brightest for the year in our skies. The skies here around 9:30 PM on Monday, April 4, 2011 had recently cleared out after having been overcast most of the day, but winds remained strong. The glow right of the vehicles in the background is a transformer power station on Alburnett Road. This image was captured from a 16-second exposure at f/4.2, 26mm focal length and an ISO rating of 250 and used an activated exposure delay mode.