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Confused: Night or Day?
After shooting the awesome sunrise I featured in yesterday’s post (“What A Way To Wake Up!”), I hiked around the prairie and photographed other wildflowers and insects. When I came to a large patch of Helianthus sunflowers, I looked up and saw the moon peaking over the wonderful cluster of sunflowers. It was a bit […]
Close Encounters of the Venus Kind
Did anyone get out early yesterday morning to view the “occultation” of the planet Venus with our moon? I set my alarm extra early and headed out to a local Conservation Area, where I had a large prairie in front of me and plenty of open space to view/photograph this event. However, I didn’t prepare […]
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Tags: Amarugia CA, astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, fall, Missouri, moon, nature, nature photography, Venus
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Dark Side of the Moon
Not Pink Floyd’s famous album (which is one of my all-time favorites), but from Sunday night’s “Super Moon” lunar eclipse. Here are some images I captured of this pretty rare event, from my rural front yard. Here are images that cover the entire eclipse sequence: An interesting night! I had been planning on shooting the […]
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Tags: astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, fall, lunar eclipse, Missouri, moon, nature, nature photography, super moon
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Rising Moon Over Hallo Bay, Alaska
Hallo Bay, especially in the late summer/early fall, tends to give wonderful sunrises … if the clouds are not too thick. However, this is the first time I’ve seen a nice moonrise over the waters of Shelikof Strait, off the coast of Hallo Bay. As the sun was setting in the opposite sky, the moon […]