This is a church down the street from where I lived for a while on General's Highway in Crownsville, Maryland.
It's a long exposure, and the colored streaks in the sky are created by the full moon illuminating the clouds as they pass by.
Since I don't have a digital camera [yet] all my photos are taken by a 20+ year old Minolta X-700. With some slow film [usually Fuji Reala 100] and a shutter release, I've been able to get some really cool exposures at night.
And now, after several months of the constant daylight, nighttime has returned to Anchorage. Today the sun will be above the horizon for just under twelve hours. By this time next month, we'll lose three more hours of daylight; take away another two hours of sunshine by the first of December.
Not only is the daylight fleeting; the sun does not ascend very high in the sky, either. This weekend the sun will climb to 25° above the horizon. When the dead of winter rolls around, that figure be a mere five degrees, plunging us back into darkness around five and half hours after it first appears.
At least it will give me plenty of time each week to take long exposure "nighttime" photos, even if it's during the day.

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