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Day 172

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Two days to the “super” moon… (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO100 400mm -1/2 stop Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 122

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The 22nd of April was suppose to be one of the good nights to view the Lyriads Meteor Shower, which comes around every year at this time.  Unfortunately this year it coincides with an almost full Moon, which screws up the viewing until after the Moon sets at 4:30am.  That is pretty much too early […]

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Day 85

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A couple of full sized crops of the Comet PANSTARRS. (4s f/5.6 ISO1600 100mm Canon 7D) (1s f/5.6 ISO6400 100mm 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 84

Monday, March 25, 2013

I have been trying for a couple of weeks to see the current “bright” comet, PANSTARRS.  It can be seen with binoculars about an hour after sunset, fairly high in the sky, if it is clear.  It hasn’t been, here.  See the link to see how to find it. PANSTARRS with a bit of the […]

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Day 83

Monday, March 25, 2013

The Constellation of  Orion, the Hunter.  For those of you who don’t know much Astronomy, the three stars in a line just to the left of center are his belt.  The bright red star straight up form that is the top of his head, and the bright star to the right and half way back […]

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Day 82

Monday, March 25, 2013

I think this is about my best straight (just the Moon) Moon shot yet.  No reduction in size. (1/750s f/8.0 ISO250 400mm Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 62

Monday, February 25, 2013

I took the Dailylife Wife to work so I could have the car one morning.  There was a nice, almost full Moon out, so I ran down to take it’s photo as it set behind the refinery.  You can see the wavy atmosphere I was shooting through by looking at the smokestack silhouetted by the […]

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Day 39: The Belt of Venus

Saturday, February 2, 2013

The Belt of Venus: “This is the light of the sunset…being reflected off the atmosphere some 50 or 100 miles east of you…“ Taken on the western edge of Cascade County, Montana HWY 200. (A single photo panorama.  Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) (Nikon P7100) Any dust spot found on the photo are from […]

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Day 355

Monday, December 24, 2012

I am a couple days behind number wise, but the Daily Daughter #1 called on her way home tonight after Christmas Eve dinner and said there were lights over Malmstrom AFB.  She wasn’t sure what they were. (2s f/2.8 ISO800 6mm (35mm eq:28mm) P7100) The lights seemed in sync with a strobe flashing up into […]

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Day 342: He’s got the whole world in his beak!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Or at least the Moon.  A serendipitous photo: I didn’t even see the Moon when I took it!  This is, of course, a Brown Pelican. (1/400s f/8.0 ISO200 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) P7100) ~Curtis on the shore of Monterey Bay! {!-{>

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