Night Flight

A low flying aircraft, probably a helicopter, moves slowly left to right in the eastern sky around 9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. A closer inspection of the streak, created from a 20-second exposure at f/5, shows the bright individual red and green flashes. The aircraft had a companion, which had already moved out of the frame at right. Above the aircraft streak is a faint contrail, and at right center are a portion of stars in the constellation Leo. This image was shot from Brentwood Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.