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This is a fantasyscape(?) from Windy Point/Mt Lemmon. In the distance is Mt Wrightson ~40miles away. This is a 3 exposure blend, 1 for the sunset/foreground, 1 to capture the city lights and the last one for the stars. Each photo was about 30 minutes apart, so I suppose this is more of a timelapse condensed in to a still frame. I used a polarizer filter to maximize the color from the sunset, a sturdy tripod and a bowl of soup while I waited of course.
Geminid Meteor Shower 2014 Went up to Mt Lemmon again for this one. There were some nice clouds near the bottom of the mountain from the rain earlier that day. Luckily the rain clouds cleared after sunset. I would have stayed out until sunrise and captured more but my lens was fogging up too much, needed some actual anti-fog lens cleaner. Was still great to watch! The next meteor shower peaks Jan 2-4. This is a composite of about 10 meteors. Also on Flickr // 500px
On Mt. Lemmon again for the Leonid meteor shower. The Taurids were peaking around this time as well, though there were only ~10 meteors/hour at best so I only managed to capture a few (and Andromeda at the top right). However, the Geminids are coming soon around December 13th with a rate of over 100/hr! Can't wait to shoot that. The star trails are about 15 minutes. Also on Flickr & 500px
Just messing around up on Mt. Lemmon again. I climbed up some rock near the top to try and get a panoramic for the first time, but that didn't work out so I got this instead. There were other people up there as well but they were down where I took these photos, and of course we were having laser battles! They ended up being people I knew which was really cool, one of them being a photographer (check out his work). I'm also on: Flickr // 500px
Some shots I got while watching the Camelopardalid meteor shower this weekend. Not so much a meteor storm, at least where I was watching anyway, it was still pretty decent tho. Saw a couple of meteors, usually relatively big ones. The meteor in the first pic on the right traveled really slowly and took about 3-4 seconds to burn up, really cool to watch. Love this stuff! Follow me on Flickr or 500px if you'd like, higher-quality pics on those sites. Still deciding whether or not I want to get back into regular science-blogging, probably will sometime soon. Anyway see you all around, keep looking up!
First time shooting the Perseid meteor shower. Definitely doing this again and I'll try to get the Geminids in December as well. Finally edited and put these pictures together. This one turned out pretty good I think, I also have some more on my flickr account with better quality. There's about 40 meteors here, captured from both nights and combined into one. Was up on Mt. Lemmon for both nights and started shooting from midnight to about 4am.
Galactic Volcano -- Yuga Kurita
Venus and Zodiacal Light
Venus and the zodiacal light as viewed from the Kalkalpen National Park near Reichraming, Austria. On this cold and very clear autumn morning, nearby city lights are concealed under a layer of fog (lower center).
Zodiacal light is now thought to be caused by dust particles scattering sunlight in the orbits of comets. In both hemispheres it's best observed in late winter/early spring after sunset and late summer/early fall before sunrise. However, it can be detected before astronomical twilight (morning) or after astronomical twilight (evening) at other times of the year as well, providing that the sky is quite dark.
A Night View Around the Mediterranean Sea (High-res full image)
Montreal at Night
This astronaut photograph of the city lights of Montreal illustrates the extent of urbanization. Major roadways and industrial areas are traced by bright white lighting, while the adjacent residential and commercial lands are characterized by more diffuse yellow-gold lighting. Rivers and other water bodies appear black, while the surrounding countryside is faintly illuminated by moonlight. Blurry areas at image top and bottom right are caused by cloud cover.
The International Space Station was located over the Pennsylvania-New York border (near Warren, Pa.) at the time this image was taken—a ground distance of approximately 600 kilometers (370 miles) southwest of Montreal. This distance from the camera target, coupled with the oblique (inclined) viewing angle from the ISS, results in the foreshortened appearance of urban areas in the image.
Mountain & Winter Landscapes Credit: Marc Adamus // 500px
Deep Space, Deep in the Forest -- Constantinos Hinis // Flickr
The foreground is a several minute exposure... The stars alone (and the meteor) is a vertical panorama of 3 shots (stacked 5x for noise reduction)... The Galaxy is a stitched panorama, made of 8 sets of 5 photos each... Total of 57 combined.
Milky Way Over Longs Peak -- Pat Gaines // Flickr
This is a stitch of 12 images... Each of the 12 images is comprised of a stack of four 30 second exposures.
