Mariette - I'm shocked to think that you and Damien think there is something untoward about these photos. As I explained to him, the stars were behind me... point & shoot basics 101. If I can evoke a twinkle in pupils of mine, then all is well.
:) G!

Good one, Bill - I could sit and watch that for hours!
:) G!

No - the black one was bearly visible... like the ravens in New York.
:) G!

You can relax now, Sharon - it was only for one hour! All is back to normal now, the sun is shining somewhere in the world, hopefully on you!
:) G!

Thank you George! I'm fine now! Just had to walk it off this morning! Reading Kyles post this morning started the downward spiral. Even though it was a joke, it had a hard hit on probably a lot of us! Yes, the sun is shining. Here in Las Vegas it usually does! :-)

Thanks, david - I had to do a fair bit of running around to get them.
:) G!

Thanks, Jude - the pictures are genuine!
:) G!

This may help to place things in a little more perspective (re April fools);

http://hereistoday.com/

That is a shame George (referring to a comment elsewhere in this thread) re Plasticene era... Mine goes back to Zues's dad cursing him out for making big bangs with his chemistry set... How odd, maybe my link is broken ;)

:) Not as good as K&C's little prank!
:) G!

I never want to experience that one again! Thank goodness the blog was not too long, as tears were beginning to form, and a state of shock and depression set in... did not know it could happen so fast. Darned April fist!!

@Bis Good to see you laugh! You are a great resource to all of us, but so much of the time you are to the point somber. I know you do so much in your life, a moment for laughing is great to see, especially with your demanding lifestyle.

With the image being taken from above, from a heliotrope, stars were behind the lens, therefore not visible, Damien. The second part is right, though. The brightest stars I've ever seen were from the middle of the Great Sandy Desert in WA, on a 4WD adventure.
:) G!

lol, what a shocker day I'm having mate ~ for reasons only known to the gremlins in my noggin, I assumed this was looking away from the planet not towards it... Back in the corner for this dunce...
April fool is about right.

Aust definitely has some of the worlds best star gazing opportunities, reminds me I must get out a little more often. Cheers mate.

That "Here is Today" is brilliant! I can only go back as far as the Plasticene era, when part of my Universe was being formed...
:) G!

The camera never lies, Andy. f1.2 @ 60min. Have another careful look...

Promise not to tell anyone, Tria, but you can have each of them - gratis! FOC. Whatever you make on sales, 10% commission for me, eh?
:) george

I'll up it to 20%, because your work is so perfectly black, you did not photoshop any of these did you?

Done! You're very generous, Tria - no, these are all original and 100% unaltered, straight out of the camera.
;) george