2014 Christmas Star

The 0.75 magnitude star Altair (center) in the constellation Aquila shines through an area of altocumulus clouds which appear to rotate around the roof star on our house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Christmas evening, Thursday, December 25, 2014. The clouds were partially illuminated by a crescent moon which was hidden by the darker clouds at left. Air temperature was an unseasonably warm 43 degrees F. This image looks west.