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Beautiful day hike to Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Beautiful day hike to Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
As one of the first 10% of ChatGPT users (and one of the top 15% of messages initiated this year), at 78 I am still true to form: a change-friendly early-adopter. I have since childhood consistently looked for better ways to do things and to think about life. I’ve never been a fan of tradition…
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
As one of the first 10% of ChatGPT users (and one of the top 15% of messages initiated this year), at 78 I am still true to form: a change-friendly early-adopter. I have since childhood consistently looked for better ways to do things and to think about life. I’ve never been a fan of tradition…
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“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
Sunseekers rejoice!
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sunseekers rejoice!
“Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure…”
—Edward Abbey
#southwest #GrandCanyonNationalPark #MonumentValley #Sedona #ArchesNationalPark #astrophotography #LandscapePhotography
—Edward Abbey
#southwest #GrandCanyonNationalPark #MonumentValley #Sedona #ArchesNationalPark #astrophotography #LandscapePhotography
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure…”
—Edward Abbey
#southwest #GrandCanyonNationalPark #MonumentValley #Sedona #ArchesNationalPark #astrophotography #LandscapePhotography
—Edward Abbey
#southwest #GrandCanyonNationalPark #MonumentValley #Sedona #ArchesNationalPark #astrophotography #LandscapePhotography
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
As above
So below
Great Sand Dunes National Park
So below
Great Sand Dunes National Park
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As above
So below
Great Sand Dunes National Park
So below
Great Sand Dunes National Park
The Eagle nebula captured my attention last night… #NightSky #Nebula #AstroPhotography #HaveYouLookedAtTheSkyLately #DeepSpaceObjects
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Eagle nebula captured my attention last night… #NightSky #Nebula #AstroPhotography #HaveYouLookedAtTheSkyLately #DeepSpaceObjects
Did you see it?
The big, beautiful full Beaver SuperMoon setting over the Rocky Mountains. The snowcapped peaks of the Continental Divide are in the James Peak Wilderness Area.
#FullBeaverSuperMoon #ContinentalDivide #RockyMountainHighColorado #JamesPeakWildernessArea #WinterParkResort #FrontRange
The big, beautiful full Beaver SuperMoon setting over the Rocky Mountains. The snowcapped peaks of the Continental Divide are in the James Peak Wilderness Area.
#FullBeaverSuperMoon #ContinentalDivide #RockyMountainHighColorado #JamesPeakWildernessArea #WinterParkResort #FrontRange
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Did you see it?
The big, beautiful full Beaver SuperMoon setting over the Rocky Mountains. The snowcapped peaks of the Continental Divide are in the James Peak Wilderness Area.
#FullBeaverSuperMoon #ContinentalDivide #RockyMountainHighColorado #JamesPeakWildernessArea #WinterParkResort #FrontRange
The big, beautiful full Beaver SuperMoon setting over the Rocky Mountains. The snowcapped peaks of the Continental Divide are in the James Peak Wilderness Area.
#FullBeaverSuperMoon #ContinentalDivide #RockyMountainHighColorado #JamesPeakWildernessArea #WinterParkResort #FrontRange
Good Morning Full Beaver Super Moon!
Today’s Moonset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range shows the largest appearing moon of the year. The blue-to-pink color gradient in the sky is called “the twilight wedge.” The deep blue below the moon is actually the Earth’s shadow on the atmosphere! #FullMoon
Today’s Moonset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range shows the largest appearing moon of the year. The blue-to-pink color gradient in the sky is called “the twilight wedge.” The deep blue below the moon is actually the Earth’s shadow on the atmosphere! #FullMoon
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Good Morning Full Beaver Super Moon!
Today’s Moonset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range shows the largest appearing moon of the year. The blue-to-pink color gradient in the sky is called “the twilight wedge.” The deep blue below the moon is actually the Earth’s shadow on the atmosphere! #FullMoon
Today’s Moonset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range shows the largest appearing moon of the year. The blue-to-pink color gradient in the sky is called “the twilight wedge.” The deep blue below the moon is actually the Earth’s shadow on the atmosphere! #FullMoon
Let me know if this resonates…
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Let me know if this resonates…
Comet C/2025 R2 (Swan) becomes briefly available after sunset in Northern latitudes of 40+ IF no clouds, trees, hills or buildings obscure a clear distant horizon a little south of the sun’s last glow.
Here it shows up a fuzzy blue glow, with a very faint tail, in contrast to the sharp, round stars.
Here it shows up a fuzzy blue glow, with a very faint tail, in contrast to the sharp, round stars.
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Comet C/2025 R2 (Swan) becomes briefly available after sunset in Northern latitudes of 40+ IF no clouds, trees, hills or buildings obscure a clear distant horizon a little south of the sun’s last glow.
Here it shows up a fuzzy blue glow, with a very faint tail, in contrast to the sharp, round stars.
Here it shows up a fuzzy blue glow, with a very faint tail, in contrast to the sharp, round stars.
What a “Superior” sunset; this stopped us in our tracks last night as we drove the Lake Superior South Shore between Apostle Islands and Superior.
September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a “Superior” sunset; this stopped us in our tracks last night as we drove the Lake Superior South Shore between Apostle Islands and Superior.
The Omega Nebula, also known as M17, is a massive star-forming region in the Sagittarius constellation, 5,500 light-years from Earth. I photographed this from the shores of Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes:
- SeeStar S50
- 24 minutes
- SeeStar S50
- 24 minutes
September 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Omega Nebula, also known as M17, is a massive star-forming region in the Sagittarius constellation, 5,500 light-years from Earth. I photographed this from the shores of Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes:
- SeeStar S50
- 24 minutes
- SeeStar S50
- 24 minutes
The Triangulum Galaxy is 61,100 light-years across, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. It is one of the most distant permanent objects (2.7 Million light-years away from Earth) that can be viewed with the naked eye.
August 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Triangulum Galaxy is 61,100 light-years across, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. It is one of the most distant permanent objects (2.7 Million light-years away from Earth) that can be viewed with the naked eye.
My first award-winning photo, with a $25 Exacta film camera; San Antonio, 1970, my own darkroom work. I love the contrasts, light/dark, youthful innocence/sage experience with adversity & resilience, protection/freedom, well-developed individual character/just-emerging selfhood.
August 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My first award-winning photo, with a $25 Exacta film camera; San Antonio, 1970, my own darkroom work. I love the contrasts, light/dark, youthful innocence/sage experience with adversity & resilience, protection/freedom, well-developed individual character/just-emerging selfhood.
As the earth tilts back away from Summer Solstice Orion and the Horsehead Nebula are coming back into view in the pre-dawn hours
August 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
As the earth tilts back away from Summer Solstice Orion and the Horsehead Nebula are coming back into view in the pre-dawn hours
Pliades early this morning; the moon passed right through this amazing constellation last night, but clouds obscured that event from my view.
August 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Pliades early this morning; the moon passed right through this amazing constellation last night, but clouds obscured that event from my view.
Jupiter and Venus, hanging out together as Morning Stars right now. If you missed it in this morning’s predawn try tomorrow. Even with good binoculars you can see some of Jupiter’s moons (4 or 5 visible here)
#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus, #JupitersMoons #NightSky #SeeStar #ZWO
#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus, #JupitersMoons #NightSky #SeeStar #ZWO
August 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Jupiter and Venus, hanging out together as Morning Stars right now. If you missed it in this morning’s predawn try tomorrow. Even with good binoculars you can see some of Jupiter’s moons (4 or 5 visible here)
#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus, #JupitersMoons #NightSky #SeeStar #ZWO
#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus, #JupitersMoons #NightSky #SeeStar #ZWO
I am oh-so-thankful for the good breeze that is bending branches and rustling these prairie grasses. It’s heating up fast today, on the way to near 100°; right now the breeze maintains a comfort zone!
August 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am oh-so-thankful for the good breeze that is bending branches and rustling these prairie grasses. It’s heating up fast today, on the way to near 100°; right now the breeze maintains a comfort zone!
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve had some good, clear night skies over the past week or so, for me to shoot PacMan, Lagoon, West Veil, Vacuum Cleaner, our Moon, & Andromeda #AstroPhotography #NightSkies #HaveYouLookedAtTheSkyLately #Galaxies #Nebula #Moon #ZWO #Seestar #Telescope #Nightlife #Colorado
July 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We’ve had some good, clear night skies over the past week or so, for me to shoot PacMan, Lagoon, West Veil, Vacuum Cleaner, our Moon, & Andromeda #AstroPhotography #NightSkies #HaveYouLookedAtTheSkyLately #Galaxies #Nebula #Moon #ZWO #Seestar #Telescope #Nightlife #Colorado