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I had just taken this exposure to start a sequence of test exposures with my equatorial mount, I walked back to the car to leave the camera clicking away on it's own at 9 minutes past midnight when I saw three Swans almost silently flying over the col where I was parked. They were very low and very close, maybe twenty feet away? I was quite startled by their sudden appearance, the road must be close to 1,000 feet above sea level, it was a surreal experience, the outstretched necks and massive wingspan in silent flight. I have seen Buzzards circling very high above that area in very poor light, I don't know if they would tackle a group of three Swans, in the dark, actually bright moonlight. A you can see from the photo.
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Robert.