Photo found on web: starry night in Afghanistan

[wraithfodder]

I snerched this photo from a big photospread at http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/afghanistan_june_2010.html in a spread on Afghanistan. It's incredible that such beauty can be found in a country that has so many problems. You can view the full size at link above. It's the 15th photo.

Comments

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

What an amazing picture..inspiring. Thank you!

[hollow-echos.livejournal.com]

I love photography so seeing this made me excited. What a stunning photo! And you're right, so often we see absolute beauty contrasting with landscapes that have suffered and continue to suffer strife and carnage. I love the stars...back home (when I'm not at school) you can see the stars really clearly out in the country, away from the city lights. The sky looks nothing like this, but a nice reminder of home nonetheless :)

Thanks for sharing!

[nebbyjen.livejournal.com]

awesome pic

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

That is crazy gorgeous.

[em_kellesvig]

That is just stunning!

[parisindy.livejournal.com]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wow

[squonk79.livejournal.com]

My goodness, that's really breathtaking!

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

so pretty.. we miss so much withlight poluution.

[(Anonymous)]

Amazing! Still, what are those guys fighting for over there? I can't recall anything that makes sense.
Anyway, true beauty usually comes in most unexpected places.
C.

[sgafan.livejournal.com]

Wow.. that's an amazing shot. The entire album was really powerful.

Afghanistan Sky at Night

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for sharing an incredible photo. I was at Camp Chagchagaran Afghanistan, in the Fall of 2005. I had never imagined a sky so brilliant and beautiful. It was even more majestic that the Northern Lights I saw inside the Arctic Circle years ago.

I just held my breath and said a prayer of Thanksgiving that I was fortunate enough to see God's painting so close it looked like you could reach out and touch them. People who have never seen a sky like this will never fully appreciate this perfect, quiet beauty.

I did not get any photos to share with friends and family; this will do just fine.

Best regards

Bill Teague
USAF Retired