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Description: Just down from Haleakal?’s 10,023′ summit is a batch of telescopes. Among them is the impressive Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. Completed in 2017, the telescope sits above about Continue Reading →
Description: This one is beautiful in its abstractness. I messed with the colors a little but it was fairly monochrome to start with. Can you guess what it is? Here’s Continue Reading →
Description: I’m not sure why I like this mess-up. I was taking a vertical photo, or maybe it was a horizontal, and wanted to move the camera to the other Continue Reading →
Description: It’s been a couple of weeks since my first glimpse of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in Yosemite and in that time it has grown dimmer. So dim that this Continue Reading →
Description: Sometimes you need to plan in order to get the photo you want. When I heard that our latest comet visitor, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, was visible to the naked eye Continue Reading →
Description: Now this is what you think of when someone says “big telescope”. While it is not the largest in the world, it is world-class and over 100 years old. Continue Reading →
Description: Lots of things to see in the night sky. Location: Space Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved. ?
Description: This last weekend my brother Daniel and I rented time at the Mount Wilson Observatory, reserving the 60-inch telescope for the entire night. We signed up in April, not Continue Reading →
Description: Hands down Mong La is one of my favorite places to spend the night in the Himalayas. La translates roughly to ‘pass’, as in mountain pass. In this case the Continue Reading →
Title: Griffith Observatory And Hollywood Sign At Sunset Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America (34°7’6″ N 118°18’1″ W) Description: Both a tourist attraction and a constant draw for locals, the Griffith Continue Reading →
Title: Mount Lassen And Moon Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA, North America, Earth (40°30’35” N 121°27’54” W) Description: One of the least visited National Parks in the system, Continue Reading →
Title: Moon And The Rockies Location: Canmore, Alberta, Canada, North America (51°4’55” N 115°19’20” W) Description: Because the soaring flanks of the Canadian Rockies jut so abruptly into the sky from Continue Reading →
Title: Polaris Over Balanced Rock Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: In this 20 minute exposure taken on a night when the moon was still hanging above the Continue Reading →
Title: Stars Over Balanced Rock Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: Timeless as the heavens, but slowly weathering away, Balanced Rock is lit by the reflection off a Continue Reading →
Title: Milky Way Over Balanced Rock II Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: The Milky Way dips below Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Utah. Camera Nikon Continue Reading →
Title: Stars Over Balanced Rock, Arches National Park Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: Timeless as the heavens, but slowly weathering away, Balanced Rock is lit by Continue Reading →
Title: A View Of Los Angeles From The Griffith Observatory Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Description: Perched on a hill to the north of the city, the free entry Griffith Continue Reading →