Shutterbug Photo of the Day

Our Shutterbug Photo of the Day is stunning image of a glowing lighthouse set against a star filled night sky by Dave LoSapio.

“Humankind has been finding its way using the night sky since the beginning of recorded history," LoSapio writes. "Mariners, desert dwellers and even animals and insects have all used stars, planets, the moon and sun as a source of guidance to find their way. Lighthouses offer yet another source of guidance, a warning, to steer clear of dangers including shallow depths, reefs, shorelines and more. Today, with the advent of GPS, our lighthouses no longer serve this once critical purpose but remain standing and operational as monuments to a time past. Their individual architecture and decor are not without purpose, each one lending specific information to sailors passing by,”

Guidance was created as a seven-shot panorama of the night sky.

See a larger version of the photo in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day gallery here.

If you want to enter Shutterbug Photo of the Day, post an image in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day Gallery and include your real name and some background on the image (how and where it was shot; the story behind the image; gear and settings used etc.) in the description field to qualify.

We will select one Shutterbug Photo of the Day image every month to run as a full-page feature in the magazine.