(Day 104) Stop ! Help !

I was outside tonight looking up at the night sky with its gazillion stars (very little light pollution out here in the countryside - for which I am thankful). I had my camera with me, fortunately, because as I turned around I noticed that light was trying to escape from our house! Luckily, as you can see from this shot, I was able to stop it before it completely got away! Thank goodness the shutter closed just in time. When it did and I looked up, the light was safely back in the room - phew, close call! :-)

 (18-55mm  f8  2 sec  ISO800)

(Day 5) The speed of light

I seem to recall from a long-forgotten science class that the speed of light was 186,000 miles per second (about 300,000 km per second for you youngsters). Photography means 'writing with light' and the photo below appears to have captured a blue beam of light within the rings. An optical illusion. The second photo provides another view.

It's only (officially) day 5 of the 365 day project but I'm having fun. Part of the daily challenge is to determine what to photograph and to make it unique.