Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter suspended above one of Europe's oldest lakes (photo)

The crescent moon and Jupiter can be seen alongside prominent stars in the sky over the city of Ohrid in Northern Macedonia on the night of April 29. Light from the city reflects on a placid lake at the bottom of the picture, in which two white swans are swimming. (Image credit: Riste Spiroski)

Photographer Riste Spiroski snapped a striking view of the moon and Jupiter hanging over the ancient lake Ohrid in northern Macedonia on the night of April 29, complete with a pair of stargazing swans!

Spiroski took the shot of the moon and the solar system's largest planet at 7:45 p.m. local time using a Canon R6 camera in conjunction with a Canon EF 24–70mm f/2.8 lens. The image was captured during a period known to photographers as the 'blue hour', which stargazing site EarthSky.org describes as a brief window of post sunset twilight when the landscape is bathed in soft blue light.